Comments on: Batten #6: “Information” http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/ Pondering the South African Memesphere - Looking for the Good in Everything Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-13909 Steve Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:32:21 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-13909 Just a point that would help with the information theory bit: the reason you can say "She has a red Porsche" and transmit more information than the longer "She has a red automobile" is because the receiver of the message already has the information "A Porsche is a specific kind of automobile". And when you're talking about transmission of information, it's common to talk about the shortest possible message to transmit the information to someone with a _given_ state of information. (Then we talk about relative entropy). Just a point that would help with the information theory bit: the reason you can say “She has a red Porsche” and transmit more information than the longer “She has a red automobile” is because the receiver of the message already has the information “A Porsche is a specific kind of automobile”. And when you’re talking about transmission of information, it’s common to talk about the shortest possible message to transmit the information to someone with a _given_ state of information. (Then we talk about relative entropy).

]]> By: Do Any Shofarians Care About Science? http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-6862 Do Any Shofarians Care About Science? Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:55:09 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-6862 [...] Batten #6: “Information” [...] [...] Batten #6: “Information” [...]

]]> By: Johan Swarts http://www.thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-6081 Johan Swarts Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:54:25 +0000 http://thinktoomuch.net/2008/03/20/batten-6-information/#comment-6081 Heel van die punt af: waar het jy webspace gekoop? Wat kos dit jou? Hoe het jy gemaak om 'n domainname te kry? Me wants onez0rz :-) Heel van die punt af: waar het jy webspace gekoop? Wat kos dit jou? Hoe het jy gemaak om ‘n domainname te kry?

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