• Hot Saucerman
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    Motherfuckers out here think data isn’t a physical object and that the cloud is actually a cloud.

    No, god damn it, all data is stored in a medium, whether that’s a book, a Bluray disc, or a hard drive. It’s mediums for storing data. If you destroy the storage medium, the data ceases to exist. Thus, data is a physical object.

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      Data is reliant upon a physical storage medium, like helium (or other gas/water/pee) is reliant upon a balloon. Pop it, and it’s lost to the ether.

      /Star Trek simile

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          And you complained about me being pedantic… lol

          Data is not physical; it’s ephemeral. It requires a physical medium in/upon which to be contained.

          Edit: and to answer your question: no. What’s in your head would be considered an idea, a thought, or a concept. Perhaps even a consideration, as you literally stated.