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|    Re: Caprica--The (in)Action Flick ("Ghos    |
|    01 Apr 10 19:55:41    |
      [continued from previous message]              The military knew that Graystone didn't have a working anything, then       suddenly he did. His proving that one Cylon worked has already been done.       Him showing them his own chip (which does not work in a Cylon) isn't going       to dispell any rumors that he stole the thing that does work.              >> >> >> In any case, I have said earlier that people are misinterpretting       >> >> >> the       >> >> >> word       >> >> >> 'analog'. I think the wording was more to suggest 'fuzzy logic' /       >> >> >> inexactness / something other than simply ones and zeros.       >>       >> >> >Analogue was used in opposition to digital - i.e. in the same context       >> >> >as an analogue watch.       >>       >> >> It was interpretted that way by the bulk of the audience posting here.       >> >> That       >> >> does not make it true.       >>       >> >It was specifically described that way by Philomon, who said on       >> >several occasions "It's analogue, *not digital* - that's why it can't       >> >be copied!"       >>       >> So then...he couldn't understand its responses fully (because he doesn't       >> know about the input database 'Zoe')...fuzzy logic...not analog like a       >> 4-20mA output.       >       >Okay, we can suppose he was just inferring what was happening without       >knowing the technical specs - but he's addressed as 'Doctor' by Daniel       >and he works with robotics, so we can probably safely assume he knows       >the difference between analogue and digital technology, and that his       >comment therefore makes little sense. As *he* understood it, he was       >talking analogue like a 4-20mA output.              I disagree with your assumption of what he meant.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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