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John Cowan wrote:
> There's no doubt that representations are what's emitted.
> The difference between Pat's 1) and 2) is whether GETting
> http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes/Yosemite.html returns a representation
> of a *document about Yosemite* (reading 1) or whether it returns a
> representation of *Yosemite* (reading 2). Either is plausible, but the
> difference is as fundamental as the difference between George Washington
> and a U.S. quarter.
Questions: (a) can software detect the difference?
(b) does the difference have any effect on the behavior of the system?
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Cheers, Tim Bray
(ongoing fragmented essay: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/)
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