Comments on: A Summary of the Digg Revolt: Digg Sides Against Its Users http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/ Insights on the IT world by Michi Kono Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michi Knows - The Full Digg Scandal Summary http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2189 Michi Knows - The Full Digg Scandal Summary Wed, 02 May 2007 05:57:30 +0000 http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2189 [...] those of you who missed it, there was a huge scandal over at Digg, a social news website. Here are the highlights of the Digg Scandal of [...] [...] those of you who missed it, there was a huge scandal over at Digg, a social news website. Here are the highlights of the Digg Scandal of [...]

]]> By: scooby http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2185 scooby Wed, 02 May 2007 02:34:07 +0000 http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2185 "So, had the encryption key been Pi, would we not be able to post Pi anywhere?" Well, Pi is probably a normal number. That means that, statistically, you can't distinguish between a binary representation of Pi and a series of coin tosses. Just as a million monkeys typing will eventually rewrite the works of Shakespeare, an infinite number of coin tosses will eventually produce the bits of the HD DVD key. And not just once but an infinite number of times. Thus the HD-DVD key is simply part of Pi, just like 3.14. (Of course, an astute lawyer would point out that all digital media can be represented as a series of bits, so *everything* is part of Pi.) “So, had the encryption key been Pi, would we not be able to post Pi anywhere?”

Well, Pi is probably a normal number. That means that, statistically, you can’t distinguish between a binary representation of Pi and a series of coin tosses.

Just as a million monkeys typing will eventually rewrite the works of Shakespeare, an infinite number of coin tosses will eventually produce the bits of the HD DVD key. And not just once but an infinite number of times.

Thus the HD-DVD key is simply part of Pi, just like 3.14. (Of course, an astute lawyer would point out that all digital media can be represented as a series of bits, so *everything* is part of Pi.)

]]> By: Michi Knows - What Happens When Digg Tries to Censor Its Users (picture) http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2184 Michi Knows - What Happens When Digg Tries to Censor Its Users (picture) Wed, 02 May 2007 02:33:40 +0000 http://www.michiknows.com/2007/05/01/a-summary-of-the-digg-revolt-digg-sides-against-its-users/#comment-2184 [...] is rather amusing. Now that Digg tried to commit suicide (click that if you need background information), the staff seems to have relented a little on [...] [...] is rather amusing. Now that Digg tried to commit suicide (click that if you need background information), the staff seems to have relented a little on [...]

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