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Re:Why Johnny can't stream: How video copyright went insane by noonespecial on Thursday August 30, 2012 @12:54PM (#4455532)
Storing a permanent copy rather than a buffer just large enough for streaming is a pessimization, not an optimization.

And there's my word of the day. Can't wait to go pessimize me some software systems. Heh. Theses days, it's practically my job description.

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Re:Why Johnny can't stream: How video copyright went insane by JoshTriplett on Thursday August 30, 2012 @01:00PM (#4455570)
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html

> Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the “most pessimum”.

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