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Re: Klingon in "Don't copy that 2"

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: Klingon in "Don't copy that 2"
• Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:46:34 EDT

In a message dated 9/11/2009 21:39:30 Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> The point that I would suggest that may have been missed here is that  
> if you watch a movie, there is no recording process in effect. Yes, it  
> was recorded in the past, but right now, it is merely being watched.
> 
> If you copy the movie, that is a recording process. It doesn't matter  
> whether you are pointing a camera at the video screen, or if you are  
> recording a copy of the original data. In both cases, you are  
> recording. The point to the message is that you are welcome to watch  
> the movie. You dishonor yourself if you record the movie.
> 

I think you are recording the movie when you watch it.  That's what memory 
is.  The recording quality and playback are not usually very good, though.

lay'tel SIvten

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