Illegal Numbers
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makerofthings
1 hour ago
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The recent post on ripping DVDs reminded me of the DeCSS prime number. Fascinating topic to think about.
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rolph
1 hour ago
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this goes somewhat further, if you consider binary representation as a very large number. any digital image, or audio is fundamentally a very large binary number, so any such representation of illegal action, is an illegal number, that can be used to manufacture offending media.
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