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6 Sep 2024 15:18:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Smuggling BB's as software piracy  
From: gregjohn
Date: 23 Jan 2009 08:15:01
Message: <web.4979c212dff1dbe634d207310@news.povray.org>
"somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
> "Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
>
> > > I think you're going to need a huge car to smuggle a 256 byte program.
> :-)
>
> > Different color bb's can represent different bases. Problem solved.
>
> You just need one pellet with a carefully chosen colour.


1) I could do the math, but what would the number be for say a 650MB distro in a
world where SCO won the lawsuit?

2) The idea of color is fascinating.  I guess in the physics of color, there are
gobs (somewhere between dozens and zillions) of wavelengths, each with their own
% reflectivity.  But I guess that if you could design an object with a precise
color reflectivity across more than 3 or even 10 color bands, you might already
be so advanced as to blow the mind beyond mere software as we know it today.


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