On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:41 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 2/8/2013 2:14 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > > My point is that the only possible write algorithm that doesn't read > information that is already stored is one that starts writing at random in > any position. You could erase or corrupt previous information and you have > no index. > > > I don't see why that should be the case. The write can be to an allocated > memory area that maintains a pointer. > And then you have to read the pointer before writing. It could be in the disk, or in memory, or in the cache, or in a processor register. Doesn't matter, there's a piece of information you have to access. One read operation buys you sequential writing. The more complex the data structure, the more reads you will find. I believe the brain contains a very complex data structure. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
