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Monday, February 9, 2015
Home again, 2/9/15
And mighty happy to be home, yes indeedy.
Something that I was just thinking about here. I saw on a website where someone believes that truth tables are not being taught anymore. Well, I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it is really bad news. That's because truth tables are part of computer science 101. It is very basic stuff for those of us who work with computers. If you don't know truth tables, you really don't know how computers work.
What is that you say? Well, computers are based upon logic. Everything that takes place inside a computer involves the electrical representation of the numbers 0 and 1. These are designated as false and true respectively. It so happens that you can construct the entire machine around that very fact. That's how they did it. If you don't know that, how can you know how a computer works? It's why it was in computer science 101, and I know, because I was a computer science major.
Now, if they don't teach this anymore to computer science majors, then they aren't teaching them anything at all. It's like teaching auto mechanics to somebody without showing them the difference between water and gasoline. If you don't know the difference, then how can you know how a car works? Truth tables are to computers what gasoline is to cars. Or to put it more exactly, the knowledge of gasoline is to cars what the knowledge of truth tables are to computers. It's what runs the show.
So, if they aren't teaching this to computer science students, it's like teaching auto mechanics to somebody without telling them that they need gasoline to run an engine. If you don't know that you need gasoline to run your car, you are in a bit of trouble. Although you can certainly drive a car without knowing anything about gasoline, it might be better if you did know a little about it. Like, don't throw gasoline on a fire, for example.
In the case of computers, you might want to remember to keep the thing plugged in. Once it loses power, it can lose everything in its "memory". That "memory" depends upon logic, which in turn depend upon truth tables. Someone may ask the question, without knowing this fact, that computers should be able to retain their memory even if you turn it off. Some of them do, sure. But how do they do that? It's all related to logic, electricity, and some engineering. But without the logic, the electricity would be useless.
You have to know that in order to know how your computer works. It's not necessary for everybody to know, but if nobody knows, you've got big problems.
Something that I was just thinking about here. I saw on a website where someone believes that truth tables are not being taught anymore. Well, I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it is really bad news. That's because truth tables are part of computer science 101. It is very basic stuff for those of us who work with computers. If you don't know truth tables, you really don't know how computers work.
What is that you say? Well, computers are based upon logic. Everything that takes place inside a computer involves the electrical representation of the numbers 0 and 1. These are designated as false and true respectively. It so happens that you can construct the entire machine around that very fact. That's how they did it. If you don't know that, how can you know how a computer works? It's why it was in computer science 101, and I know, because I was a computer science major.
Now, if they don't teach this anymore to computer science majors, then they aren't teaching them anything at all. It's like teaching auto mechanics to somebody without showing them the difference between water and gasoline. If you don't know the difference, then how can you know how a car works? Truth tables are to computers what gasoline is to cars. Or to put it more exactly, the knowledge of gasoline is to cars what the knowledge of truth tables are to computers. It's what runs the show.
So, if they aren't teaching this to computer science students, it's like teaching auto mechanics to somebody without telling them that they need gasoline to run an engine. If you don't know that you need gasoline to run your car, you are in a bit of trouble. Although you can certainly drive a car without knowing anything about gasoline, it might be better if you did know a little about it. Like, don't throw gasoline on a fire, for example.
In the case of computers, you might want to remember to keep the thing plugged in. Once it loses power, it can lose everything in its "memory". That "memory" depends upon logic, which in turn depend upon truth tables. Someone may ask the question, without knowing this fact, that computers should be able to retain their memory even if you turn it off. Some of them do, sure. But how do they do that? It's all related to logic, electricity, and some engineering. But without the logic, the electricity would be useless.
You have to know that in order to know how your computer works. It's not necessary for everybody to know, but if nobody knows, you've got big problems.
John 3:20
This is a quick post, so excuse me if there is an error.
I have wondered why this blog isn't popular. Could this be the reason? Note: Let me be a bit vain here. I try to find the truth, and report it. Nobody seems interested. Either my interpretation is wrong, and therefore untruthful, or I am right. If I am right, then why don't people come to the light?
Am I wrong, or not? Nobody challenges me. I just get ignored.
I have wondered why this blog isn't popular. Could this be the reason? Note: Let me be a bit vain here. I try to find the truth, and report it. Nobody seems interested. Either my interpretation is wrong, and therefore untruthful, or I am right. If I am right, then why don't people come to the light?
"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. "For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. "But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."
Am I wrong, or not? Nobody challenges me. I just get ignored.
The Rise and Fall of the Parties
Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard
quote:
Too optimistic? Maybe. The analysis isn't my preference. It's like we have no control over it at all. It cycles whichever way it's going to cycle.
quote:
Voters tend to toss incumbent parties out of the White House when the economy sours, and prior to that point they tend to favor the opposition for the rest of the electoral offices. These forces combined to rout the GOP in 2008. It is now the Democrats’ turn to worry about their inevitable fall from grace. Maybe they can delay it past 2016, but it is coming.The analysis seems to indicate that voters are a pretty skeptical lot over time. They may appear to be stupid, but the long term trends indicate otherwise. Eventually, the bums that need to be thrown out are thrown out.
Too optimistic? Maybe. The analysis isn't my preference. It's like we have no control over it at all. It cycles whichever way it's going to cycle.
Paging Honest Abe
Published on Zero Hedge (http://www.zerohedge.com)
"Central Banks Have To Keep Fooling All Of The People All Of The Time"
By Tyler Durden
Created 02/08/2015 - 17:30
Today's obvious mispricing of sovereign bonds is a bonanza for spending politicians and allows over-leveraged banks to build up their capital. This mispricing has gone so far that negative interest rates have become increasingly common. Macroeconomists will probably claim that so long as central banks can continue to manage the quantity of money sloshing about in financial markets they can keep bond prices up. But this is valid only so long as markets believe this to be true. Put another way central banks have to continue fooling all of the people all of the time, which as we all know is impossible.
Source URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-08/central-banks-have-keep-fooling-all-people-all-time
Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy
Atlantic
That quote sounds socialistic to me. No, the purpose of the corporation is to make money. Don't get me wrong, though. I am for more regulations for corporations. For me though, corporations tend to snuff out the little guy. Corporations tend to do things like eliminate jobs, not create them. Generally speaking, I am not critical of this piece, but I am suspicious of what the motivations are behind it. If all they did was to bring the rules back to 1982, with respect to stock buybacks, I'd say that's not too bad of a thing. It may be helpful, but I don't think that it is a panacea for all that ails us, like what this piece seems to be claiming.
If business leaders hope to maintain broad public support for business, they must acknowledge that the purpose of the corporation is not to enrich the few, but to benefit the many.---Nick Hanauer
That quote sounds socialistic to me. No, the purpose of the corporation is to make money. Don't get me wrong, though. I am for more regulations for corporations. For me though, corporations tend to snuff out the little guy. Corporations tend to do things like eliminate jobs, not create them. Generally speaking, I am not critical of this piece, but I am suspicious of what the motivations are behind it. If all they did was to bring the rules back to 1982, with respect to stock buybacks, I'd say that's not too bad of a thing. It may be helpful, but I don't think that it is a panacea for all that ails us, like what this piece seems to be claiming.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
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