Oh, easy question! 10 bytes of data when it's describing your current brake pedal pressure is very different than 10 bytes describing the high score to ultimately post on a web site somewhere when it gets around to updating. It makes a real difference how quickly and reliably the data is delivered.
10 bytes of data when it is describing a selected record in a large database is very different from 10 bytes of data which describe geographic coordinates on the earth's surface. In the latter case, there's a frame of reference that even a space alien can understand without a device. In the former, you need not only the database, but the particular process of selection, which may in turn involve information known only within the same process. Those 10 bytes may be meaningless by themselves, taken out of the context in which they have meaning. 10 bytes is 10 bytes -- so long as you don't care about what those bytes mean or why they exist. That is, if they're worthless. If they're valuable, on the other hand, it's a whole other story. On Jan 12, 6:29 pm, John Lussmyer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:35 PM, John Lussmyer <[email protected]> > > wrote:> > > > 10 bytes of data is 10 bytes of data. > > > Not really, but you are certainly welcome to your opinion. > > Now this has me curious. What definitions of data would make a difference? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
