I would guess that this meant something a lot simpler -- namely, that actual computers are built with transistors and use voltage levels for signaling, and those are physically analog devices/phenomena. They have to be designed in such a way that they model the desired digital behavior of logic gates and boolean values.
Josh On Saturday 02 June 2007 08:38:53 am Mike Tintner wrote: > Just read s.o. arguing en passant that digital processors are really analog, > and disguised to be digital. What does that mean? > > Does it mean that what computers really do is compare patterns of electrons > rather than discrete symbols with meaning? - that's it only when symbols > (like words and numbers) are first entered into the computer, and then, > later, replayed on a computer screen, that they are, and then become again, > symbols meaningful to the human computer user? > > > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
