Where exactly are old versions of files stored on the harddisk?

The way the new versions-feature works is actually too magical for me. For sake of control I want at least to know, where all those old versions of documents are actually stored on my harddisk. With that knowledge perhaps further questions like how to delete old versions become redundant.

yep, ur right. my dream of distributing versions of documents all in one file are dashed. When you copy a versioned document to another machine you get this:
And guess what - there was a message initially where the "No previous..." is that said, and get this,  "Retrieving versions from TimeMachine." So that's how they are doing it folks.
Implications? Smoke and mirrors or true innovation?

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