[Sigia-l] data as information?

[Scott Nelson]

On Jun 29.2005, at 19:02, Boniface Lau wrote:

>> Wow, that has got to be the stupidest argument I've hard in a long
>> time. A looooong time. Jeez.
>>
>
> Care to explain why you thought it was stupid?

i'll take a shot.

you didn't explain anything. you simply pointed to a large collection  
of data.

unless you put that large collection of data into some context, your  
argument doesn't really mean very much.

it's not the stupidest thing i've heard today though. this gets that  
vote:
http://news.com.com/2061-10800_3-5768279.html
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Skot Nelson
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