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Thor_MN

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18. Your are incorrect, Arabic numerals are not needed by computers.

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 05:13 PM

Mar 2017

I don't have to go to my daddy's knowledge, I have been programming since 1979. It's what pays my bills. Deep down inside the processor, there are no numbers at all, just voltages and absence of voltages.

We use a decimal system because it is convenient, not because it is required. Early computers used lights to indicate results, no numeric symbols at all. If we had 6 fingers on each hand, we probably would use at base 12 system.

Don't confuse what is used with what is required.

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Right Wingers are generally idiots, but computers aren't run on Arabic numbers... Thor_MN Mar 2017 #6

The binary is 1s and 0s BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #8

You defeated your own argument. The 1s and zeros are representations of ons and offs. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #10

Not at all BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #14

Your are incorrect, Arabic numerals are not needed by computers. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #18

I have had programming since 1979 too BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #21

Wow, your incorrectness must really be eating at you. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #22

Sorry I don't play silly games. BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #23

Perhaps you need to step back from your irrelevant tirades Thor_MN Mar 2017 #24

Here is the post BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #27

Try it with the whole context. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #29

You just created a whole new fabricated world out of that post BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #30

You are the one changing the context of your arguments. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #31

Soon as your meds wear off, maybe you'll have a more cogent conversation BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #32

I'm at least a decade from retirement and actually work programming. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #33

Enjoy the rest of your night. BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #34

Ah, yet another post null of content... Thor_MN Mar 2017 #35

The Arabic number most used is 0. MineralMan Mar 2017 #9

The Romans were aware of zero, they just didn't have a separate symbol for it. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #11

Which explains why the entire western world adopted MineralMan Mar 2017 #12

That why I already explained what you just said with "it's just a lot easier to use decimal." Thor_MN Mar 2017 #13

No, they do not. However the people who use them do. MineralMan Mar 2017 #17

The point is that Arabic numbers are not required for computers to operate. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #19

Most early computers used decimal numbers. hunter Mar 2017 #37

How many of those are in operation today? Thor_MN Mar 2017 #38

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