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Measure of information-v-time (fwd)
Hi,
As a result of a completely non-crypto interest a discussion recently came
up about how information worth/accuracy goes down with time. A proposal was
made that I thought might be of some interest as a base for discussions of
data havens and how to treat the relative worth of information.
Forwarded message:
> From: "Richard A. Flores" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: dates in UWPs?
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:33:49 -0600
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> SD Mooney <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Put it [the date notation] in the extended data set (as posted
> >by Marc) as a single (hex) code eg M0 is 0, etc and expand
> >as new milieus arise. This removes the problem of linking to
> >the dating system and adding in a -tve for Milieus prior to
> >M0. I mean, an Ancients set would otherwise be -200000!
> >
> Perhaps a simple logarithmic notation. Something like:
> code
> # Years since last survey
> 0 0 to 3 years
> 1 3 to 7 years
> 2 7 to 20 years
> 3 20 to 55 years
> 4 55 to 148 years
> 5 148 to 403 years
> 6 403 to 1,097 years
> 7 1,097 to 2,981 years
> 8 2,981 to 8,103 years
> 9 8,103 to 22,026 years
> A 22,026 to 59,874 years
> B 59,874 to 162,755 years
> C 162,755 to 442,413 years
> D 442,413 to 1,202,604 years
> E 1,202,604 to 3,269,017 years
> F 3,269,017 to 8,886,111 years
>
> This single hexadecimal # would give us a time scale beyond anyone's
> estimates of possible dates on useful intelligence.
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