Comments on: Engines and Processors

By: paul

paul — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:33:15 +0000

computers can run without electricity olia - you obviously aren’t reading slashdot enough:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/16/046253&from=rss
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By: olia

olia — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:07:50 +0000

True. But it is not a computer yet. It doesn’t display animated GIFs.
Last time I was exсited about revolution in power supply it appeared to be a fake.
http://totl.net/Spud/media/news.bbc.co.uk/

By: paul

paul — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:05:06 +0000

what? there’s nothing fake about potatoes.
its good that you point out these stupid car analogies in the media, but i think maybe it’s a bit tricky because the definition of a computing machine is itself an analogy without a formal proof [turing machine]…so if as a concept the thing [computer] is inherently vague, then maybe we can look with some compassion upon people who can only use analogies to describe it??
i dunno…i dont mind this car analogy and i also try to be a good person.

By: olia

olia — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:20:28 +0000

May be concept is vague because there are only analogies, and analogies of analogies. And compassion.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:44:14 +0000

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By: paul

paul — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:47:12 +0000

that thing above needs to be centered and then it shows compassion.

By: ivan

ivan — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:38:13 +0000

brings up a memory from late 90ies - the doors vs the computers (beware, it’s got a beard). four programmers get into a car the engine wouldn’t start they all get out of the car they close all the doors and then they open them and get into the car once again.. pardon the silly joke but that’s about as much sense i can make out of the subject.