I ran across the concept while looking for something totally unrelated on Wikipedia-- Are they allowed here?
Only guy running the numbers racket in this neighborhood in Uncle Cecil. You try to cut in on his action, he sends the mods to break your face.
What are illegal numbers?
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For those not familiar with the idea (like me):
It sounds pretty clear that this would violate the rules. You’re not allowed to use the board to break the law or encourage people to break the law.
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Hey, Darth Nader: do you think it’s a good idea to ask if you’re allowed to do something, and then go ahead and do it before you get an answer? Knock it off.
Sorry, please yoink my last post.
Number are scary.
Well, since a binary file can represent any image, I’m sure that a number representing any kind of child porn image would be an illegal number.
The article also mentions numbers that can act as encryption keys may be illegal to possess.
I have never thought of this before now.
I’m not understanding how the number itself could possibly be “illegal” unless there was also proof that the person in possession also knew what the number represented. Maybe the guy was a math junkie, and liked working with improbably large numbers…having no idea that one of his equations also happens to be the binary code for a kiddy porn image or the launch code for nuclear weapons or whatever.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The terrorist hacker pervert goes to prison.
Why does this thread feel like Dan Brown wrote it?
Why is this novel? In the US certain types of information are illegal. All info is convertible into numbers.
The only variable is how close (or how large the highway signs) to the original information source the number is before the mods take notice.
I’ve always wanted to see someone try the defense, “I wasn’t downloading a movie; I was just interested in this very large number.”
What with this thread, this thread, and now this thread, I feel like I don’t understand the world anymore.
There is a number very close to 6.62813944 × 10^36 * 2 that some jerks claim is copyrighted, or something. I don’t get it. I wanted to know if a string of numbers could be posted here or not.
It’s gotta happen somewhere in π-- is it okay to post π^gazillion in say, hex? Besides boring people, I mean.
Again, sorry I posted those two evil numbers. Did I really break the law?
In furtherance of breaking the law? NO. In this case it sounds like these numbers are mostly a copyright issue and the SDMB goes out of its way to respect copyrights on song lyrics, DVD encryptions, and things like that.
I don’t know if you broke any laws. I do know you’re dancing up to the line again after I already told you to stop.
Okay, okay, sorry. There are some numbers which must remain unknown here.
So, 487638729642870560342* might get me banned.
[sub]*not, as far as I know, illegal.[/sub]
Oh, go fuck yourself. And suck that cunt Miller off whilst doing so, 'kay?
Just don’t tell him his mama wears army boots. Because that would be over the line.
I hope that was worth it. 