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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.sci,net.philosophy
Subject: Re: energy & information
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Date: Wed, 13-Aug-86 17:03:27 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 13 17:03:27 1986
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In article <998@frog.UUCP> tdh@frog.UUCP writes:
>
>> According to current theories, it is impossible to send information without
>> sending energy.
>
>Ceasing sending energy.

One can send information by sometimes sending energy and sometimes not.  A
certain total amount of energy is required on average, however.  (And note
that information theory depends on probability in the definition of
information, so that no questions about what probability means are relevant
here.)

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108