I beg to differ
Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:53:08 -0500
"Sean Draine (Exchange)" wrote:
> Imagine for a moment that computers did use ternary storage. Then I guess
> we'd need a new principle - one of presence vs. absence vs......nonsense?
> And I suppose it would only be a matter of time before someone noted the
> connection between computing and the father, son, and holy ghost.
Suppose we did use a ternary system. Why wouldn't the defining
principle still be presence vs. absence? The difference between zero
and one and one and two and two and three--and zero and two and zero
and three and so on and so forth--is still difference!
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Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu