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Re: Packet radio and foul language



On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 20:25 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Benjamin Seidenberg <astronut@dlgeek.net> writes:
> > Err, sorry, I meant § 97.113(a)(4).
> >
> > Also, my previous message applies to amateur operators in the US.
> > Amateurs in other nations are similiary regulated by their equivelent to
> > the FCC, with similar rules which are all based on ITU regulations.
> 
> So what's the likelihood that this is actually a problem?  0.00001%?
> 0.00000000001%?
> 
> And by what bizarre standard is saying "foo sucks" really profane???
> Ok, by the "wackos like ed meese" standard maybe -- but nobody cares
> about that.

1. Well, Ed Meese does... :)

2. Ed Meese???  Geez, did you have to tip-toe when you were young?
   (Because the earth hadn't cooled yet?)

> In the extremely unlikely event that it is a problem, why should it be
> up to list posters to deal with it?  If some readers use a service
> governed by authorities that are prudish to an absurd degree, it seems
> like the onus is on them to try and deal with the probably technically;

How exactly do IP packets get transmitted via packet radio?  Morse
code, with binary files uuencoded?

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