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[profitis]

Sarkeizen:'
because you seem to think this has something to do
with "requiring energy".  Which it doesn't, which you
would know if you read blah-blah etc'

This is your problem here.you want to use a non-energy argument against an energy device

[profitis]

Sarkeizen:'ABSOLUTELY and
ALWAYS AND FOREVER NECESSARY to know about
some quality of the information.  Then you should be
able to tell me the qualities of the bananas'

The demon is slave to the energy-demands of the quantum and non-quantum interswitchable worlds.the demon is just a passive dead switch,it does not need to recognize,compute,think or calculate.we don't need quality-status of your bananas

[sarkeizen]

'ABSOLUTELY and ALWAYS AND FOREVER NECESSARY to know about some quality of the information.'

This isnot necessary

Then it's not necessary to know about what or how the device is sorting.  Just that it's sorting.  The computer that I'm typing on right now is "energy related" and yet it is entirely possible to discuss algorithms without any information at all on how the information is stored.  Quantum computers, trinary computers - all obey complexity theory.  Hence your "energy related" is irrelevant.  The BBBV stands.  Philips device can not work.  

[profitis]

Sarkeizen''ABSOLUTELY and ALWAYS AND
FOREVER NECESSARY to know about some quality of
the information.'

Is this necessary for algorithms,because its not necessary for philip's device.hence philip's device works.

[sarkeizen]

Is this necessary for algorithms

The BBBV requires no assumptions of how the data is stored or encoded.  In fact if you knew anything about complexity theory you would know this is true generally.

If you don't believe me read the paper.