[86499] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon in "Don't copy that 2"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Fri Sep 11 23:48:52 2009
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:46:34 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In a message dated 9/11/2009 21:39:30 Eastern Daylight Time,
doq@embarqmail.com 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
