Re: [Sigia-l] data as information?

From: Listera (listera_at_rcn.com)
Date: Tue Jun 28 2005 - 13:43:10 EDT

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Marcel van Mackelenbergh:

> Data = just the bytes
> Information = the bytes plus the interpretation of those bytes

Like the proverbial fallen tree in a forest, what's data without
interpretation? How does one even begin to talk about it, without
interpreting it one way or another?

Ziya
Nullius in Verba

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