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#119131 01/09/04 02:04 AM
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Speaking of alimentary canal phenomena, and informabore is a guy with a diarrhea of words and constipation of ideas.
(So old I doubt many members have heard it recently)


#119132 01/09/04 09:01 AM
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does it become information only when we have some understanding of it?
That's exactly what I was hinting at: information should be defined as such by the recipient, rather than the sender, as is currently the case. More strictly, to me, true information answers some question of mine. Everything else is .. fiber.



#119133 01/09/04 11:53 AM
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Alimentary fibre passes straight through the digestive system and comes out as excrement.

And cleans you out in the process. It's a *good thing.


#119134 01/09/04 12:59 PM
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Soluble fiber hangs out in your system. It's the insoluble that goes straight through.

Thankyou thankyou. Please, no applause.
No phötos, no phötos!


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sure gives a hole new meaning to analogy :)


#119136 01/09/04 05:50 PM
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you bum.



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#119137 01/09/04 07:47 PM
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Meanwhile (ahem), when do we use one and not the other? Do they go with their respective Latin and Greek prefixes (if that's the right word in this case)?


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