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Re: too much information!

Re: too much information!  
jmfbahciv at aol.com
From:jmfbahciv at aol.com
Subject:Re: too much information!
Date:Sat, 15 Jan 05 11:09:17 GMT
In article <1105727697.097466.159480@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"Mike" wrote:

Kid, learn how to do attributes. Nobody knows who you're talking
with nor what you're replying to. Since we've been talking about
context, this is a crude example of how information can't be
transmitted without it.

>Absolutely, follow the steps below:
>
>1. Get an enpty floppy disk
>2. Transfer the information to the empty disk

How do you transfer the bits? If you use a user mode command,
you will not generate an exact copy. If you use a bit:bit
copier, you will also copy all blocks marked as bad on the old
disk to the new disk.

>3. Now, if you've done that carefully and these is no label on the
>disks, you will not be able to distinguish between the two.

That all depends on how you did the copy and how you retrieve the
bits from both disks.


/BAH

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