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category for generic processes #178

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Do we need a category for generic processes?

Consider the transmission of SOS in Morse code.  The information content entity 
for transmitting SOS is generically dependent on some concretization of letters 
that spell SOS in Morse code: "dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot" ". . . 
_ _ _ . . ." etc.  However, the ways in which SOS can be transmitted also vary: 
by tapping the pattern on a piece of wood, by trasmission of electric signals 
over a wire, by patterns of flashing lights etc.  

Is this an example of generic process?

- Bill

Original issue reported on code.google.com by wddun...@gmail.com on 26 May 2013 at 4:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This looks like an example of a regular process type (or perhaps a defined 
class of them)

Original comment by alanruttenberg@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2013 at 6:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
If the same SOS message is broadcast simultaneously as both a radio signal and 
as patterns of lights are both processes, in fact, part of some larger "SOS 
broadcast process" or are these two separate processes that have the same SOS 
pattern?

Original comment by wddun...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2013 at 6:22