Now,as in those far-off Civil War days, getting information by the grapevine remains something of a game.

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Well, if you're implementing a computer that needs to represent information now all you need is something like electricity which can be on or off, on or off.

好吧，如果你正用一个电脑,来表现表达传递信息的功能,你就需要,像电开关一样的物体。

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If we want information, we know where to go and we can pull it off of resource.

如果我们想得到信息，我们知道获取信息的途径,我们也可以得到相关资源。

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