During the day, the sun provided information about the time on a ship, and its direction.

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The flow of information is really a flow of electrical potential and it goes in one direction only.

信息流实际上就是电势差的流动,并且流动是单向性的

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And I could take that information, type it up into a program, make some assumptions about speed and direction and what routes they're going to take and actually watch the ambulance go to St. John's Mercy.

我得到这条信息之后，将它输入程序里，假设它们的速度和方向,以及它们应走哪条线路,就能看到救护车进入圣约翰医院。

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That's what this arrow at the right shows, the direction of the flow of information.

这就是右边这个箭头的含义,即信息流动的方向

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