Re: [NTLK] Checking in / iPod Comments...

From: Michael J. Hußmann (michael_at_michael-hussmann.de)
Date: Wed Oct 31 2001 - 15:44:25 EST

Marco Mailand (newton2k1_at_mac.com) wrote:

> The "compression" is obvious: there is no infinite amount of values
> recorded, it is limited to "only" 44100 data points per second and "only"
> 65536 different amplitude values at all.

But that amounts to re-defining "compression". In any case, there is no
infinite number of values to record -- remember quanta?

> Any other much higher digitalization compresses the analog stream of
information
> into a discrete amount of digital numbers.

"analog stream of information" is a contradiction in terms. Information
is necessarily digital (with one Bit being the smallest unit of information).

- Michael

Michael J. Hussmann

E-mail: michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
WWW: http://michael-hussmann.de 

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