[AT] OT--string trimmers

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Wed Jun 25 05:20:49 PDT 2008


Correct me if I'm wrong.  In base 2 math you have 1's and 0's.  Translated 
to electronic circuits (microprocessors) 1's are on and 0's are off?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA" <gwaugh at wowway.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers


>I have to reason through the symbols just about every time I am faced
> with them---I just think of the "I" as a straight line/wire, power
> flowing through it.
>
> /-- 
> Gene
> Gene Waugh
> Elgin, Illinois USA
>
> The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it 
> can bribe the public with the public's money.
> Alexis de Tocqueville /
>
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Larry, I should have read your  post before I yet again proved how 
>> ignorant
>> I am.  LOL.  Thanks for explaining that.  It's perfectly logical now that 
>> I
>> realize that is a 1 and not an I.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
>>
>>
>>
>>> Those symbols snuck in the back door when we weren't watching.  They got
>>> imported to us from other countries when electronics went global back
>>> prior to the 1970's.  They're actually the standard symbols used for 
>>> logic
>>> and binary counting.  Rather than "O" and "-", they are "O" and "1" --  
>>> the
>>> symbols used for binary arithmetic.
>>>
>>> I'd better stop before this discussion gets political.and/or
>>> controversial.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>
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