[OT] - does IP exist?

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 06:46:44PM +0000, Manfred_Nowak wrote:
> How can you decide which of two objects is the parent of the other, if 
> sexual reproduction is defined to be "copying", i.e. both objects are 
> holding the same relevant information? 
> 
> -manfred   

Age. The one that was there first is the original, and the subsequent ones
are the copies.

You might not be able to tell the age by directly looking at the data
itself (like with a copy of a file), but you can figure it out through
other means (possibly the creation date in the file's metadata, or maybe
by documentation from another source.)

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Adam D. Ruppe
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