| Registered: March 16, 2007 |  Posts: 278 |
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Since when is data not information (or information not data)? To me the words are synonyms.
Actually no. 01001101 is data, for example. In order to turn it into information you need to know what that data represents. Actually 01001101 is 77. Which is "M" in the ascii table. |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Leiterfluid: Quote:
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Since when is data not information (or information not data)? To me the words are synonyms.
Actually no. 01001101 is data, for example. In order to turn it into information you need to know what that data represents.
Actually 01001101 is 77. Which is "M" in the ascii table. It could represent 77 or 'M'. But it could just as well be ab 8 bit boolean array representing 8 separate settings. Or it could be part of an image file. Or... | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GSyren: Quote:
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Actually 01001101 is 77. Which is "M" in the ascii table.
It could represent 77 or 'M'. But it could just as well be ab 8 bit boolean array representing 8 separate settings. Or it could be part of an image file. Or... And 'M' could stand for "Medium" or ""Male" or "Mature Audience" or "Manual Profile"...  So, information can vary a lot with the context, even if the data is always the same ("01001101") ! | | | | -- Enry | | | | Last edited: by White Pongo, Jr. |
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| Registered: December 3, 2008 |  Posts: 186 |
| | Posted: | | | | If it would have been "11001001"... then I would have said "Star Trek: TNG episode 15"  | | | | E |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting lostmule: Quote:
If it would have been "11001001"... then I would have said "Star Trek: TNG episode 15"  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting lostmule: Quote:
If it would have been "11001001"... then I would have said "Star Trek: TNG episode 15" ROFLMAO Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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