RE: Information: Brad's reply (was Information: a very
Brad Jones (bjones@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:33:56 +0800> Brad Jones:
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> [11 points deleted]
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> > I hope this sheds some light on the relationship between information and
> > meaning as used by information theory.
>
> I hope onlookers will prefer Claude Shannon to Brad Jones as a more
> reliable source about the relationship between information theory and
> meaning.
>
> BTW, the paper is in pdf at
> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf
>
> -Greg
>
I would like to say that I agree that Shannon's paper is great reading. I
recommend that everyone should read this as a starting point to info theory.
But please think about it carefully before jumping to conclusions about what
it says. ie don't take it out of context.
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Brad Jones
3rd Year BE(IT)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Western Australia