Re: [Fis] On Stan's reply to Gavin

2011-02-01 Thread Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
To: ro...@robinfaichney.org Cc: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] On Stan's reply to Gavin On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robin Faichney ro...@robinfaichney.orgwrote: Conservation of information can be translated as meaning that physical laws do not break down, and the state

[Fis] On Stan's reply to Gavin

2011-01-31 Thread Robin Faichney
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 9:39:09 PM, Stanley wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Gavin Ritz garr...@xtra.co.nz wrote: SS: Info theory presumably applies to everything and anything. GR: It was never intended to apply to anything but communication instruments. That is sending English

Re: [Fis] On Stan's reply to Gavin

2011-01-31 Thread Stanley N Salthe
Robin -- On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robin Faichney ro...@robinfaichney.orgwrote: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 9:39:09 PM, Stanley wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Gavin Ritz garr...@xtra.co.nz wrote: SS: Info theory presumably applies to everything and anything. GR: It was

Re: [Fis] On Stan's reply to Gavin

2011-01-31 Thread Robert Ulanowicz
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robin Faichney ro...@robinfaichney.orgwrote: Conservation of information can be translated as meaning that physical laws do not break down, and the state of affairs at one time can be considered encoded in the state of affairs at another