----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerhard Fiedler" <lists@connectionbrazil.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Light running backward?


> Bill & Pookie wrote:
>
>> Can you seperate the content from the information?  Does the information
>> contain the one  bit (yes/no) answer as well as the three page question?
>
> IMO, when speaking about information content, no and yes, respectively. A
> bit without doesn't convey any useful information at all, besides that in
> that specific transmission one state was of one kind. To be able to put 
> any
> information into that, you need to have the "question".
>
>> How do we reference information so we can find it?
>
> Now you're getting really profound :)
>
>> Why doesn't Google use the Duwey Decimal Syatem?
>
> Someone would have to classify content manually. I believe that would make
> Google either very "thin" or very expensive.
>
> Besides, I'm not sure the system would be any better than keywords,
> especially given the type of content. What do you like about the system?
>
> Gerhard
>

When I was in the stacks looking for books on chess, I was also near books 
on backgammon and mah jong.  So liked the way simular topics were neghbors 
and could learn new stuff.  Also at that time, considered the Dewey Decimal 
System to be universal.

But google is great for finding new things that are unrelated.  Serindippidy 
on steroids.

Bill

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