From: | Bob Tockley zzdeden@*******.com.au |
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Subject: | Headware Memory |
Date: | Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:33:32 +1000 |
>Bob Tockley writes:
>> Sorry, here you're just plain wrong. Early computers actually ran in
>> analog. With the crash of '29 and the complete re-think of technology
>> who's to say what 'modern' computers work in. For all we know it could be
>> some sort of bizarre hybrid or it could be Base 10. It's a fictional
>> world, they can use fictional technology.
>
>Quick nitpick, Bob: they ran in decimal, which is still digital. For an
>example of the difference: integers are digital, real numbers are analog.
Hehehe... Yeah, yeah, I know. But they're still not binary... =)
(>) ARKHAM
<cop to mime> "... anything you say can be taken down in evidence and used
against you in a court of law...... why do I feel stupid?"