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Re: information theory?

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Jerry Avins wrote:
> 
> On 11/4/2011 5:59 PM, krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:41:09 +0000, Frederick Williams
> > <freddywilliams@btinternet.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> Richard Outerbridge wrote:
> >>
> >>> The seminal introductory work for me was the Undergraduate text
> >>> "Coding and Information Theory", by the late Richard W. Hamming,
> >>> 1980, ISBN 0-13-139139-9 (perhaps one of the 1st books to have
> >>> an ISBN number
> >>
> >> Hardly, they date from 1970.  Also, it's "ISBN" not "ISBN number".
> >
> > Tight-assed pedants hate "ATM machines", too, right?
> 
> And DC current.

And, for a different reason, DC voltage.

-- 
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by 
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

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information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-31 20:55 -0700
  Re: information theory? eric.jacobsen@ieee.org (Eric Jacobsen) - 2011-11-01 04:57 +0000
    Re: information theory? Chris <chris.santoro@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 05:58 -0700
      Re: information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-01 10:29 -0700
        Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 11:13 -0700
          Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 14:39 -0700
        Re: information theory? robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> - 2011-11-01 16:04 -0400
          OT: information theory? Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> - 2011-11-01 18:06 -0400
          Re: information theory? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-11-01 22:46 +0000
        Re: information theory? "BJACOBY@teranews.com" <benj@iwaynet.net> - 2011-11-01 22:38 -0500
          Re: information theory? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2011-11-02 17:06 -0500
            Re: information theory? "steveu" <steveu@n_o_s_p_a_m.coppice.org> - 2011-11-02 19:41 -0500
            Re: information theory? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-11-03 06:58 -0500
              Re: information theory? "GO-HERE .NL" <gdewilde@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 08:57 -0700
          Re: information theory? Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 19:44 -0500
            Re: information theory? "Christopher J. Henrich" <chenrich@monmouth.com> - 2011-11-02 22:40 -0400
              Re: information theory? Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 23:21 -0500
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          Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2011-11-02 09:48 +0000
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              Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) Bernd Jendrissek <bernd.jendrissek@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:04 -0700
            Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) David Eather <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2011-11-03 04:00 +1000
              Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) unruh <unruh@physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-11-02 19:05 +0000
            Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) "J. Clarke" <jclarkeusenet@cox.net> - 2011-11-24 08:42 -0500
              Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) Richard Outerbridge <outer@interlog.com> - 2011-11-25 01:37 -0500
                Re: information theory? (copyright question followup) Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2011-11-25 11:37 -0600
          Re: information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-02 11:38 -0700
            Re: information theory? Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 08:51 +0000
        Re: information theory? Chris <chris.santoro@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 08:02 -0700
          Re: information theory? robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> - 2011-11-02 09:38 -0700
          Re: information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-02 11:51 -0700
            Re: information theory? VWWall <vwall@large.invalid> - 2011-11-02 15:08 -0700
              Re: information theory? Richard Outerbridge <outer@interlog.com> - 2011-11-02 19:59 -0400
                Re: information theory? Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-04 20:41 +0000
                Re: information theory? "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> - 2011-11-04 16:59 -0500
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 15:28 -0700
                Re: information theory? Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> - 2011-11-04 21:09 -0400
                Re: information theory? ggr@nope.ucsd.edu (Greg Rose) - 2011-11-05 02:11 +0000
                Re: information theory? Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-05 11:53 +0000
                Re: information theory? "Mike Terry" <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2011-11-05 17:32 +0000
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 18:41 -0800
              Re: information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-03 21:54 -0700
                Re: information theory? "BJACOBY@teranews.com" <benj@iwaynet.net> - 2011-11-04 03:42 -0500
                Re: information theory? "Peter Webb" <webbfamily@optusnetDIESPAMDIE.com.au> - 2011-11-04 20:33 +1100
                Re: information theory? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-04 05:10 -0500
                Re: information theory? kym@kymhorsell.com - 2011-11-04 10:50 +0000
                Re: information theory? "Peter Webb" <webbfamily@optusnetDIESPAMDIE.com.au> - 2011-11-04 22:14 +1100
                Re: information theory? "Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse@phiwumbda.org> - 2011-11-04 09:13 -0400
                Re: information theory? Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> - 2011-11-04 10:32 -0400
                Re: information theory? "Androcles" <Headmaster@Hogwarts.physics.October.2011> - 2011-11-04 18:02 +0000
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 15:54 -0800
                Re: information theory? VWWall <vwall@large.invalid> - 2011-11-04 09:50 -0700
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 12:41 -0700
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 13:40 -0700
                Re: information theory? "Androcles" <Headmaster@Hogwarts.physics.October.2011> - 2011-11-04 11:35 +0000
                Re: information theory? Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-04 10:31 +0000
                Re: information theory? "Peter Webb" <webbfamily@optusnetDIESPAMDIE.com.au> - 2011-11-04 21:51 +1100
                Re: information theory? "BJACOBY@teranews.com" <benj@iwaynet.net> - 2011-11-04 14:18 -0500
                Re: information theory? Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> - 2011-11-04 15:56 -0400
                Re: information theory? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-21 17:49 -0800
                Re: information theory? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2011-12-21 20:07 -0600
                Re: information theory? Richard Outerbridge <outer@interlog.com> - 2011-12-22 03:08 -0500
                Re: information theory? Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-22 08:30 +0000
                Re: information theory? John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2011-12-22 10:12 +0000
                Re: information theory? "Peter Webb" <r.peter.webbbbb@gmail.com> - 2011-12-22 21:14 +1100
                Re: information theory? "Androcles" <Headmaster@Hogwarts.physics.October.2011> - 2011-11-04 11:00 +0000
                Re: information theory? Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2011-11-04 09:45 +0000
                Re: information theory? unruh <unruh@physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-11-04 19:05 +0000
              Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:11 -0800
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 06:23 -0800
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:29 -0800
                Re: information theory? jim <retnuh2011@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 04:41 -0800
                Re: information theory? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2011-11-08 13:46 -0500
            Re: information theory? "BJACOBY@teranews.com" <benj@iwaynet.net> - 2011-11-03 03:32 -0500
            Re: information theory? Chris <chris.santoro@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 08:39 -0700
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