sde%Mitre-Bedford@sri-unix.UUCP (08/03/84)
Someone asked if I could abstract (what I recall as) the I.M. argument that total simulation requires at least the mass of the thing to be simulated. Rather than chance noise in the channel, I think it would be better to inquire of Dr. Frederick W. Kantor, who may be telexed at 4998124, answer-back KANTOR FW, or MCI mail #2050656. Dr. Kantor is the man who laid the foundation for the field of Information Mechanics, which name is taken from his book. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publishers, asked for permission to publish his research notes, which are available as a book (copies from 2nd printing) which is the defining monograph world-wide for the field. Dr. Kantor set down the name for the field "Information Mechanics" as the last two words of the monograph. If the above seems other than what was requested, my apologies, but I think that Fred is the best person to deal with the matter. David sde@mitre-bedford