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Chaffing and Winnowing: Confidentiality without Encryption

AaronSw: By Ronald L. Rivest
AaronSw: Fascinating!

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http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06669

AaronSw: "Intellectual property may, in a few years, sound as strange to the ears as 'reasonable attorney fees', 'low tar cigarettes', and 'Zero Administration Windows' do today."
AaronSw: "Bits are virtual; atoms are real. The rule of thumb is that if you can't kick it, you can't sue it."
sbp: What are "adult materials"?
sbp: From the first in the series: "Unless otherwise noted, this article is copyright 2001 Dan Kohn". I wonder if the fact that the essay start with the words "Steal this essay" constitutes "otherwise noted"?

Misplaced Modifiers

sbp: """[...] New Scientist magazine had referred to a Health and Safety information sheet on bouncy castles with the title inflatable children's play equipment."""