Re: Internationalizing Linux

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:31:51 +0000

On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 09:36:40AM +0100, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> And of course most of the time there is no information contained in
> human words at all.
> (Quite common simple example: "I love you").

The words have no meaning without context.
Sometimes the context has no meaning without words.

This information you postulate isn't contained in the words.
Is it contained?
Is it information?

;-)

-- Jamie

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