Re: asymmetric snooping

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Sep 24, 2013; 11:25pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/asymmetric-snooping-tp7583857p7583877.html

On 9/24/13 5:08 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

I still maintain that within one component (to whatever degree one can actually identify a single component that isn't subdivided into yet more refined components) the quality is somewhat continuous and often relative rather than absolute?  

In which case I roll out IEEE 754.   Bits will do the job!

There is, however, a grey continuum it seems in practice. 

Replace the `reasons' in my hypothetical composite channel with `legal arguments' and we can go anywhere. 

http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/memoforeignsurveillanceact09252001.pdf

I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time (that last page).  No, I don't buy that it's a feature that it is grey.  It's just scary. 

Marcus

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