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Authored by: PolR on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 01:37 PM EDT |
a program is a special class of data.
That special class of
data can improve a machine or create a new machine.
Why would
this special class has this ability and other classes of data don't? The article
explains that programs and non program data can't be distinguished in this
manner. The technology doesn't work in a manner that permits such a
distinction.
The difference between program and data is a matter of context.
It is not a matter of relationship with the machine. A program need not be
instructions to the CPU and the same data may be program in some context and not
be program in another context. But the bits stored in memory are the same.
Whether or not they are called program depends on context.
DNA is
"just" information. Change a few bits and you get a new
organism.
The organism is not DNA. Please don't confuse the symbols and
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 04:23 AM EDT |
A blueprint is just information, change a few bits and you'll get a completely
different object when you follow them to build something.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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