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antihero
on May 25, 2011
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Ads Implant False Memories
A better analogy would be opening a document that had partial bits missing, filling in the partial bits the best you can, and saving it.
noelchurchill
on May 25, 2011
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Or better, the good ol' "copy of a copy" analogy.
Or you might compare it to re-compressing a jpeg over and over.
hartror
on May 25, 2011
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The re-compressing isn't quite accurate as it implies loss of information whereas the process we are discussing can add or remove information.
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