Re: XML: The good, the bad, and the ugly

After takin a swig o' Arrakan spice grog, Lemming <thiswillbounce_at_bumblbee.demon.co.uk> belched out:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:46:58 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <lynn_at_garlic.com> wrote in message
>>news:ubreyzre7.fsf_at_mail.comcast.net...
>>
>>> if it is communicate ... as in *computer communication* ... then
>>> it tends to be moving data around.
>>>
>>> if it is communicate as in *convey information* .... then it is back
>>> to the original invention/characteristic of gml about self-describing
>>> information ...
>>
>>Please bear with me. I'm really not often this dense.
>>
>>What is the difference between "computer communication" and "convey
>>information"?
>
> Don't they teach the difference between data and information in cs
> classes nowadays? ;-)

Yeah, the section on Shannon is, well, um, ...

Probably not, you're right...

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