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Article #34More on the value of information
From: taylor
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1986 22:30
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1986 22:30
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this? The last I heard, he was supposedly trying to instigate a lawsuit against the feds involved, but it wasn't clear that he could even legally claim that he had been "harmed" by the information, and since he had to admit that it was true ... [Assigning 'value' to information is quite hard! Consider the example herein, or the times when you've assimilated some seemingly worthless information only to find it very useful later on... -- Dave]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!hplabs!hplabsc!taylor From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.comp-soc Subject: More on the value of information Message-ID: <347@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 18:30:24 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsc.347 Posted: Fri Jun 27 18:30:24 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 08:23:59 EDT Reply-To: hplabs!topaz!caip!harvard!rclex!cdx39!jc Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 8 Approved: taylor@hplabs Reference: <344@hplabsc.UUCP>