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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 12 2013 @ 06:45 AM EDT |
Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. You have abstracted
to far from the reality of what a computer is, at its very
essence.
your most basic error is in distinguishing between what a
user inputs, and a computer program that is run on the
computer. But a computer program, at its core is nothing
more than a set of instructions, "data" that has been
entered by a user. And broken down further that "data" in
its simplest form, is nothing more than a chain of integers.
These integers, stored in a sequence of memory locations,
read sequentially and acted upon by a hard-coded and
extremely simple set of instructions that repeat over and
over for each integer stored, comprise both program and
data, and to the computer, are indistinguishable from each
other.
A computer doesn't run programs. It receives data in
integer form, processes it in integer form and outputs it in
integer form. EVERYTHING else is interpretation.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 13 2013 @ 04:15 PM EDT |
But only if I'm doing something that exercises the hardware, such as playing a
graphically-intensive game.
It also makes varying humming or whooshing noises.
And it does math.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 03:36 PM EDT |
Actually, a computer maps elements of a *finite set* (integers mod 2^64, for
example) to other elements of a *finite set* (integers mod 2^64, for example).[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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