Information about..... Information!

[Spinaroonie]

Did - you - know - that - information - wants - to - be - wide? - Information - does - not - want - to - be - put - into - formats. - Mp3, - Ogg, - txt - are - all - restrictions - of - information. - Formats - only - prevent - the - flow - of - information, - an - xls - is - no - good - if - you - don’t - have - an - xls - reader. - These - restrictions - also - apply - to - layout. - Text - on - a - page - wants - to - be - a - constant - stream - of - knowledge - to - your - brain, - therefore, - wide - text - is - more - informationally - sound. - A - stream - of - knowledge, - much - like - a - website’s - audio - stream, - provides - the - best - way - to - dispense - information, - the - way - the - information - wants - to - be - distributed. - Here - is - an - example - of - how - formatting - can - ruin - the - information. - Say, - for - instance, - that - I - want - to - reference - Abraham - Lincoln. - I - could - show - you - a - picture, - describe - him, - make - a - reference - (like - rail - splitter) - and - also - say - his - name. - A - picture - is - not - a - stream, - your - eyes - have - to - travel - to - find - the - information. - References - only - give - you - information - you - only - know - prior. - The - description - is - only - good - for - popular - things. - Saying - the - name - is - a - stream, - the - information - comes - and - does - not - go - back - it, - it - constantly - comes - and - doesn’t - have - a - retrieval - system, - nor - a - way - to - repeat - information. - Therefore - your - mind - has - to - catch - it - the - first - time - or - not - all - all. You - must - also - remember - that - some - info - systems - are - junk. - Unicode - for - instance.

 

[Black_Bird]

XIX. Law of Pattern

Information can be viewed as a measurement of the unperdictability of a message. The more unpredictable a message is, the more information it containes.

In systems, the most probable state is rest (dispersion of available energy) Since systems tend towards entropy, the least probably state is that of potential work. Thus we can think of the degree of order in a system as the amount of energy in it. Pattern is information, information is enery. In other words, knowledge is power.

The more information you have, the less energy you need.

Some people have defined life as negative entropy because it evolves; i.e., develops greater and greater complexities of pattern. In this sense, the universe becomes more intelligent every day.

- Quote from The Magician's Companion by Bill Whitcomb