Copying or Moving Data?

Question

Is it possible to transfer a certain series of data between one computer to another (as in an actual movement of the original information, not a process of making a copy and deleting the original)?

I ask because I’m interested in mind uploading, and am concerned that were I to upload my mind, I would be copying it and deleting the original every time I move between servers.

Answer 1

Any movement of data is a copying process in it's base form. To move data you must first make a copy and then delete the original - this is true in the case of anything! Imagine moving a written document from one piece of paper to another - how could you do it without copying it and then deleting the original? The information is moved, but the data is always copied and deleted.

The memory status itself is meaningless without context, and this is the separation between data and information - in order to move information from one source to another without copying and deleting the data is simply not possible.

Answer 2

Are you possibly thinking of the 'mv' command in Unix (which may also exist in Linux, which is Unix-based). This moves data from one place to another. But in reality, it is copying the data and then deleting the original. It simply saves you the bother of having two commands, one to copy and the other to delete. Similarly, in Windows, you can use "Cut" (Ctl-X) and then paste (Ctl-V). But behind the scenes, this is doing the same thing - copying and then deleting the original.

Answer 3

this is a literal impossibility. The movement of data in its base definition is just the transfer of the code meaning from one client to another. You don't really get a copy or duplicate, just the same sequence of binary in a sense. This makes a collective mind, or at least a mutually aware copy of it, impossible by your standards. I would give it 50 years, I'm sure we will re-think data in itself by then.

Answer 4

The copy/delete method is actually more secure than simple movement, because it allows for the checking of data corruption and file integrity. If you were to do a simple transfer, and something went wrong, then there'd be no chance for recovery.

Answer 5

a night at the bar and you will have uploaded everything

Answer 6

"mind uploading"?



LOL



In your case you won't need much memory!