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In article <1992Jan24.191554.6217@sunova.ssc.gov>, brian@helium.ssc.gov (Brian Scipioni) writes...
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>My problem continues to be the unsupported assertion that information -
>which does not contain matter or energy - travels, and is limited to the
>speed of light. You can send information using light if you like, but the
>speed belongs to the light.
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I am not an information-theory guru, but to me it sounds that your assertion
that information containing no matter or energy is WRONG.  Information must
have a physical representation or there is no means of detecting it i.e. it
ceases to be information.

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>When information is created does it have a location? Does it appear throughout
>the universe at once?
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>Brian Scipioni
Information has a location - ink on paper,  magnetised tapes, electronic
switches etc.  It cannot exist elsewhere without being transported IN
PHYSICAL FORM.  The actual physical forms to represent the information may
vary it is translated between forms by various conventions/languages which
are understood by the observers.
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