From: Randall Randall (randall@randallsquared.com)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 14:30:30 MDT
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Kevin Freels wrote:
> For those who aren't spiritual, this isn't a big leap. You are the
> information, regardless of how it is stored.
It really is not that simple. Further, there is a problem with
(the English) language, such that when one refers to a an object,
it's not clear whether you mean that object or all objects of that
class. If I talk about a book I own, it's unclear whether I mean
that I own all the information in all books like it (as many say
the author does), or only the physical instance of the book. This
confusion is at the heart of most arguments about both "intellectual
property" and uploading/copying of people.
-- Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com> "Not only can money buy happiness, it isn't even particularly expensive any more." -- Spike Jones
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