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somebody wrote:
> On the order of 2^(650*(2^23))
assuming the quantum uncertainty doesn't get in the way.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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Invisible wrote:
> This is starting to sound like that blog I read. Apparently America was
> planning to enact a law that makes it illegal to "facilitate copyright
> infringement".
We already have that. It's called "Contributory copyright infringement" or
some such. That's why Napster got shut down even tho they weren't hosting
the copyrighted content themselves.
Xerox and Betamax (and YouTube) didn't, because they showed the copying
mechanism could be used for things other than copyright infringement.
> I have no idea if this act ever become law. ;-)
Doesn't need to.
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"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
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nemesis wrote:
> A computer is nothing but a calculator: everything that goes through it
> is nothing but numbers, including the instructions that manipulate such
> numbers. Everything has to be converted into numbers before being
> processed by a computer. Sounds, images and textual information are
> codified/decodified just for convenience. :)
Not precisely. Everything is converted into electrical signals. Computer
programmers think of those signals as representing numbers. :-)
The *theory* of computer science treats everything as numbers. Actual
computers don't use numbers for anything.
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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Smuggling BB's as software piracy
Date: 23 Jan 2009 22:06:53
Message: <497a85cd@news.povray.org>
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gregjohn wrote:
> I heard on a math contest the fact that all programs are essentially just
> big
> numbers. The compiled binary or even the ASCII for the source may
> ultimately
> be thought of as just some really big, unique number. When you buy
> software, they tell you what the number is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime
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