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Re: Energy

At 08:17 AM 9/18/01 -0500, Kilmer, Skip wrote:
I don't think there is even a law of
conservation of information.

A fellow named Shannon had something to say about this,
one of the most elegant and far-reaching ideas put forth
during the 20th century.

In communication theory, information is sub-conserved.
You cannot get more information out of a communication
channel than you put in.