Re: RM formalism supporting partial information
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:24:32 -0400
Message-ID: <4743503f$0$5255$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
>> In this context, your assertion is rather like 'transportation is
>> essential'. Either buses or bicycles suffice. As I said, I am not sure
>> the name is necessarily part of the element. We must have some way to
>> identify the elements, but any identification method suffices. Of
>> course, we choose names over positions because positions are
>> necessarily tied to a specific medium, and we want to use
>> media-independent representations.
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:24:32 -0400
Message-ID: <4743503f$0$5255$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Joe Thurbon wrote:
> Bob Badour wrote: > > [...] > >>
>> In this context, your assertion is rather like 'transportation is
>> essential'. Either buses or bicycles suffice. As I said, I am not sure
>> the name is necessarily part of the element. We must have some way to
>> identify the elements, but any identification method suffices. Of
>> course, we choose names over positions because positions are
>> necessarily tied to a specific medium, and we want to use
>> media-independent representations.
> > I'm afraid you've lost me. In what sense are names more > media-independent than positions?
How do you make a sound to the left or the right? Received on Tue Nov 20 2007 - 22:24:32 CET