[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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