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   Christian Weisgerber to Ross Clark   
   Re: Kommen drei Logiker in eine Bar. Der   
   23 Jun 24 14:32:41   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.german   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-06-23, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>> Kommen drei Logiker in eine Bar. Der Kellner fragt: "Na, was darfs sein,   
   >>>>>> die Herren? Drei Bier?" Sagt der erste Logiker "Ich weiß nicht", der   
   >>>>>> zweite auch "Ich weiß nicht" und der Dritte sagt "Ja"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 0 | 0 | 1 = 1, in Boolean logic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ~0 & ~0 & 1 = 1 is the boolean logic that applies.   
   >   
   > But it also excludes "yes". So is ~1 equivalent to ~0? Why not just ~?   
      
   |  or   
   &  and   
   ~  not   
   0  false   
   1  true   
      
   ~0 is 1, and ~1 is 0 in the above.   
      
   The way the joke has been explained, none of the offered boolean   
   expressions capture the described conditional logic.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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