On 02/05/07, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@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...