On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 04:37:36PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > > > Program: Software which is intended for execution on an actually > > > > existing interpreter. > > > > > > > > Data: Software which is not ~. > > > > > > Trivial refuation: the extant interpreter for (most) data is a human > > > brain. [And yes, your brain is, for lack of a better word, executing > > > said data.] > > > > The human brain is way too limited for that task. Just explain me > > how your brain interprets a bitstream which represents a JPEG of > > non-trivial size. :-) > > Not particularly well, but I'd imagine that there are people out there > who wouldn't have that much trouble with it. I was obliged to do this as part of a university course. I think I can still do it for images up to 8x8 pixels in size, at least - that's good enough to recognise ASCII text. It's actually not all that hard once you understand how the algorithm works, assuming you've got a good spatial sense. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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