[Sigia-l] data as information?

[Eric Scheid]

On 30/6/05 3:10 PM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:

>> Earlier you asked if there was something *between* data and information ...
>> perhaps you should ask yourself if there is something between *noise* and
>> information.
> 
> Well, I don't buy the noise > data > info stuff, so these are not useful
> delineations to me. Like I said, I see a lot of tortured "explanations" as
> to what data is/could/should be.

hmmm...

zoologist:  the difference between lions and ocelots are [...]

ziya:       cats are cats, "lions" vs "ocelots" are not
            useful delineations to me ...

zoologist:  ... okay ...

ziya:       but I insist you explain what "lions" are,
            and how they are different from "ocelots"

zoologist:  ???? 


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