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		noonespecial on Aug 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Johnny can't stream: How video copyright went ... 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.

JoshTriplett on Aug 30, 2012 | [–]

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html

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

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