Re: Christian Fundamentalism vs. Islamic Fundamentalism

On Wed, 15 Mar 06 13:39:30 GMT, jmfbahciv@xxxxxxx Gave us:

In article <lavd12husmar57hjunhnklmni297p689bk@xxxxxxx>,
Roy L. Fuchs <roylfuchs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 14 Mar 06 13:44:34 GMT, jmfbahciv@xxxxxxx Gave us:

HUH? An ASCII code is the combination of electronic pulses
which will cause certain mechanical devices to jump in
a well-defined way. BAUDOT has a similar basis. With
all this new gear, instead of jumping mechanically, the
gear pixilates.

Huh?

An ASCII symbol is an EIGHT bit binary word, PERIOD.

Well, 7 but others already told you that and you ACKed the
correction.

Now, think about why each ASCII symbol has the bit pattern
it does. There is a reason ASCII became a standard. And
it has to do with ensuring that a particular 7-bit patthern
will always generate the same glyph no matter whose code nor
whose hardware encounters it. The same is true for BAUDET,
SIXBIT, RADIX-50, etc.

On hardcopy TTYs, each bit pattern caused the typing mechanism
to jump in a particular way which would cause the correct
character to hit the paper. Then we created the video TTY,
no paper. Part of the hardware design was to take the same
character definition and shoot electrons such that a portion
of the screen would light up and display the appropriate
alphanumeric character. This was all hardware. No software
involved.



That is ONES and ZEROs. always has been, always will be.

The teletype machine (or whatever suitable device) read those eight
bit BINARY words and printed a specific character.

How did it get from a 100000 bit pattern to an A? Think within
the context of a set of electrical wires.


The only problem with your CRAP here is that this discussion has been
about a PDF document, not your fucked up, antiquated TTY hardware.
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