On 9/24/13 5:08 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
I still maintain that within one component (to whatever degree one can
actually identify a single component that isn't subdivided into yet
more refined components) the quality is somewhat continuous and often
relative rather than absolute?
In which case I roll out IEEE 754. Bits will do the job!
There is, however, a grey continuum it seems in practice.
Replace the `reasons' in my hypothetical composite channel with `legal
arguments' and we can go anywhere.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/memoforeignsurveillanceact09252001.pdf
I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time (that last page). No, I
don't buy that it's a feature that it is grey. It's just scary.
Marcus
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