Re: was: Roadrunner Supercomputer

On Jun 13, 3:33 pm, eug...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Eugene Miya) wrote:
> In article
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> Robert Myers  <rbmyers...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >The disadvantage, of course, is that you have mountains of information
>
>                                                         data, not info

I hesitated at the word data, which is the word that computer
scientists would use.  Outside the world of computers, the distinction
between data and predictions is not to be trifled with, especially if
you're in the same room with someone who actually measures things.
Theoreticians have a way of wanting to keep their work separate from
what comes out of computers, as if theory could do anything without
computation, automatic or otherwise.

Robert.