At 02:34 PM 9/1/98 -0400, you wrote:

>"People came to think that bits -- the 'information' in information theory --
>are the same thing as the 'information' that the term ordinarily describes.
>But they're not."

Consider that the 'information' in 'information theory' itself has never
had a definition that all (or even most) information theorists agree on.
The common definition of 'information' tends to more adequately decribe
'data', but information can be described as 'data that adds to or modifies
what you currently know'.

So it's conceivable that the scripts to the Jerry Springer show *could* be
considered information... to someone...

Alister
Floating way off topic again