On 02/05/07, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Keep in mind
that the hex/number itself is now notable.
That is not true. I was in IRC when Zscout370 uttered it and
immediately pointed out that it was the case.
Of course, it is notable as "the HD DVD key", not as a string of hex
digits - there is nothing *numerically* significant about it. We could
quite legitimately (if somewhat clumsily) write about it and the giant
kerfuffle without ever actually quoting the number, or indeed ever
*needing* to. Consider the way newspapers cover high-profile
defamation lawsuits without ever quoting the slander - the important
story is that something was said and how it was reacted to, not the
exact wording of what was actually said...
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk