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From: jmfbahciv on 4 Feb 2007 07:56 In article <eq39pe$1sl$1(a)blue.rahul.net>, kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >In article <45C5201F.C179A0D5(a)hotmail.com>, >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >[.... computer .....] >>I suggest you consider the difference between general purpose and embedded. >> >>Can BAH's stove print "Hello world" for example ? > >Could Colossus? <GRIN> He's young. By asking the question, he showed what he thought was an old program. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 4 Feb 2007 07:57 In article <45C5BBC6.48B4837C(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Phil Carmody wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> > unsettled wrote: >> > > MassiveProng wrote: >> > > > A computer takes what we call DATA, and performs computational tasks >> > > > on it to turn it into what we call INFOrmation. >> > > > >> > > > There is a difference, and you and BAH obviously do not know what >> > > > that difference is. >> > > > >> > > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/microcontroller >> > > > >> > > > http://m-w.com/dictionary/microcontroller >> > > > >> > > > Neither mention the word computer at all. >> > > >> > > An electronic device for the storage and processing of information. >> > > www.micro2000uk.co.uk/hardware_glossary.htm >> > >> > I suggest you consider the difference between general purpose and embedded. >> > >> > Can BAH's stove print "Hello world" for example ? >> >> As someone who's just quit a gig at a very big name semiconductor >> company which makes everything from milliwatt 8-bits to fire-breathing >> 64-bit processors, I have to just say >> >> THIS BRANCH OF THE THREAD IS NOT WORTH GOING DOWN. >> >> Everything's shades of grey, and where people chose to draw >> the line between black and white is almost completely arbitrary. >> >> Notably, I'm not even going to tell you where on that scale I >> view 'computer' to become an inappropriate term. > >I will though. > >I expect a computer to have some decent input and output devices / ports. A few >buttons and a 4 character display don't cut it for example. Son, that's a computer system. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 4 Feb 2007 08:04 In article <c210f$45c4b5ea$cdd084f9$19408(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> In article <87veije0z8.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: <snip> >>>In this thread, I do make conclusions from your posts. >> >> >> Once in while, I wish you would make one before you negate >> the contents of my words. > >Phil appears to have a number of personal agendas >and some personality disorders. Appeals to logic, >God forbid common sense, are going to continue to >fall on deaf ears. You will note his latest tactic. That means that he has figured out I may know what I'm talking about. If so, it may be possible that I'm right. This is not to be allowed so he is trying to prove that I'm dumb. It is a common action and I'm used to it. > >I've tried to address these sorts of people, to no >avail. Parry with him if you're having fun. I >found him boring. Once in while you have to swat at the annoying gnat. /BAH
From: T Wake on 4 Feb 2007 08:13 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:eq4jbn$8ss_004(a)s795.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <45C4C99E.5FE95E2D(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> It's also clear that this group, who keep trying to prove me wrong, >>> doesn't >>> have any idea how these Muslims live, think or believe. >> >>And you do ? > > I'm learning. It became my high priority after 9/11. This carries the not quite hidden implication you think that your "learning" (and any subseqent discoveries) will change anything in the rest of the world. You also have the (hardly hidden at all) implication in several posts that *you* are the only person who has learned anything and you are the only person who can come up with plans. That your plans are nonsense, and when you try to demonstrate learning it is incorrect, fazes you not at all. >> >>Do tell about your real-world experience of Muslims. > > My experience wouldn't have included people who eschewed > Western technology. In order to know how to fight and defend > from these people, I need to know my enemy. Eh? Do you know what eschewed means? I thought you said the threat was from Muslims who wanted to get rid of all the western stuff? I shouldn't be surprised, but this makes no sense here.
From: jmfbahciv on 4 Feb 2007 08:07
In article <q4mdnV0Qn8jWV1nYRVnyvAA(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:eq22tf$8qk_006(a)s939.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <87ps8sgifg.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes: >>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>> >What nations do you think are "not dealing" with Iran? >>>> >>>> Bush has given Europe the job to deal with Iran's stubborness. >>>> They are the ones who have been bitching that the US doesn't >>>> know how to do this stuff. >>> >>>In what way was that supposed to be an answer to the question >>>asked? >>> >>>I should probably expect as an answer to my enquiry something >>>like "milky way!". >> >> In case you haven't noticed, the old "Free European" countries >> now hide behind acting as a conglomerate when the task is >> politically incorrect. > >Is this an answer to the question, Yes, it is my answer to the question. You people keep needing a yes/no world. These problems will never fall into that category. /BAH |