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In Microsoft v. AT&T, decision 550 US 437 (2007), there was discussion about a golden disk, and the terminology changed to master disk during the course of the
by AdhemarVandamme 11mo ago
In Microsoft v. AT&T, decision 550 US 437 (2007), there was discussion about a golden disk, and the terminology changed to master
disk during the course of the proceedings, because the disk wasn’t actually made of gold.
I remember that Justice Antonin Scalia objected: “I hope we can continue calling it the golden disk. It has a certain Scheherazade quality that really adds a lot of interest to this case.”
<https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2006/05-1056.pdf#page=40 https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcr...>
- em-bee 11mo agowhat, the golden ratio is not made of gold? have we been betrayed all this time?
- ndsipa_pomu 11mo agoWait until you hear about showers
- em-bee 10mo agoyou mean, like baby showers? yeah, totally not what i expected...
- triceratops 11mo agoThe golden rule would deform pretty quickly be useless for measurement.