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| Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, January 05 2013 @ 09:20 AM EST |
The erroneous concept of electricity flowing along pathways and transistors
being use to switch those pathways was accepted by the courts many years ago and has rendered many of their opinions dangerously
flawed as a result.
A microprocessor contains a myriad of
interconnected transistors that operate as electronic switches. See Neil
Randall, Dissecting the Heart of Your Computer, PC Magazine, June 9, 1998. The
instructions of the software program cause the switches to either open or close.
The opening and closing of the interconnected switches creates electrical paths
in the microprocessor that cause it to perform the desired function of the
instructions that carry out the algorithm. ---
Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid! [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Steve Martin on Saturday, January 05 2013 @ 09:44 AM EST |
No, sorry, I should have been clearer. I was not disputing the
"fail" factor, only the (admittedly minor) factual error on
which it was based.
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"When I say something, I put my name next to it." -- Isaac Jaffe, "Sports Night"[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Wol on Saturday, January 05 2013 @ 04:04 PM EST |
The fact that you got totally confused about how the computer stores the 1s and
0s, AND THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER just goes to show that the 1s and 0s (and
whatever they represent) is abstract.
If the physical reality doesn't matter, then it's abstract. End of!
Cheers,
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