On 8-5-2016 9:49, Stephen wrote:
> On 5/8/2016 8:37 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> That reminds me of "Grog" from Heinlein's Strange in a Strange Land....
>> Should be appropriate in this discussion.
>
> I've heard someone using that word on the radio, quite recently. It was
> very popular in the 1970's and 80s. At the time. I even heard someone
> say "Ye grog" instead of "Ye ken". (The phrase is ubiquitous on the east
> coast and in Fife.)
>
> Another one for your collection Thomas. :)
>

Yes...
Now, was it not "grok"? Showing my age...
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Thomas

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On 08/05/16 12:19, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 8-5-2016 9:49, Stephen wrote:
>> Another one for your collection Thomas. :)
>>
> 
> Yes...
> Now, was it not "grok"? Showing my age...

Indeed it was. Re-read SiaSL and grok in fullness.

John
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On 5/8/2016 12:55 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> Now, was it not "grok"? Showing my age...
> Indeed it was.

<Slaps own lazy wrist>

> Re-read SiaSL and grok in fullness.

I tried to last year. The authorial voice got in the way of the plot. :(


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     Stephen

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On 5/8/2016 8:40 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 5/7/2016 4:38 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> (Too much time with a show with guys in the sky - Doug and Mart.)
>
> Thanks, I've not heard this episode. So I won't read the transcript. :-D


I've just listened to it. It was a good one. :)
Thanks again.


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     Stephen

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On Sun, 08 May 2016 00:52:27 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> On 08/05/16 00:21, Doctor John wrote:
>> 
>> OK. Got it (I can't speak for Stephen tho')
>> 
>> 
> ... and to demonstrate I really did use G****e:
> CAROLYN (interrupting): No, no, no, no, no. Let me spell this out for
> you in words of one syllable.

I knew you did. :)

> John (a mono-syllabic name)

LOL



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On Sun, 08 May 2016 08:40:53 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 5/7/2016 4:38 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> (Too much time with a show with guys in the sky - Doug and Mart.)
> 
> Thanks, I've not heard this episode. So I won't read the transcript. :-D
> 
> You were a bit too cryptic with your clues.
> 
>> Doug and Mart
> 
> I would never think of them as Doug and Mart. Only as Douglas and
> Martin.
> Thanks for the clue about the double quotes. I needed it.
> If either of us had gotten it, it would have been a brilliant link. (I
> wonder how many more from that series I've missed.)

I seemed to recall that in one episode, Douglas introduced them to the 
passengers in that manner. :)

> 
> 
> And what's with the "G" word?
> Is it not allowed to say it in polite society?

I was playing the game - Goo-gle is two syllables, hence I had to work 
around that problem. :)

> Have we gone back to the days when mentioning IBM was verboten?

Nah. :)

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On Sun, 08 May 2016 17:47:42 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 5/8/2016 8:40 AM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 5/7/2016 4:38 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> (Too much time with a show with guys in the sky - Doug and Mart.)
>>
>> Thanks, I've not heard this episode. So I won't read the transcript.
>> :-D
> 
> 
> I've just listened to it. It was a good one. :)
> Thanks again.

You bet - all of them were good, but I particularly did like Wokingham. :)

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On 06/05/2016 20:35, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 11:48 AM, scott wrote:
>> Yes I got mine overnight, I've just been reading through the user guide.
>> It's written in much the same manner as a book would be on digital
>> circuits, start off with what a "zero" and "one" is, then simple logic
>> gates, more complex circuits, then latches and adders, then things like
>> RAM and a CPU.
>
> Question: Are there any books out there that actually *do* that?
>
> I mean, what little I know about digital logic is gleaned from
> children's books and Wikipedia. I've never seen a *book* that actually
> *explains* this stuff. (Unless it's an electronics book, in which case
> it talks about impedance and capacitance and other such irrelevant
> details.)

It's not irrelevant if you actually plan to make anything work. All 
digital electronics (apart from in some basic simulator) is analog 
anyway :-) The book I've seen thrown about in many places is this one:

http://artofelectronics.net/the-book/table-of-contents/

Chapter 10 is "digital electronics", but many of the preceding chapters 
are worth understanding before you start to make anything "digital". In 
the end, a digital "gate" is actually just transistors, so if you 
understand how transistors work you'll understand why a gate behaves the 
way it does.

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On 8-5-2016 14:43, Stephen wrote:
> On 5/8/2016 12:55 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>>> Now, was it not "grok"? Showing my age...
>> Indeed it was.
>
> <Slaps own lazy wrist>
>
>> Re-read SiaSL and grok in fullness.
>
> I tried to last year. The authorial voice got in the way of the plot. :(
>

Indeed. I tried too and didn't get very far.


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Thomas

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>> One thing is absolutely certain though, I'm not about to write a
>> raytracer to run on this thing anytime soon :-)
>>
>
> Since the current computer has a whopping 5 qbits, you have plenty of
> time to learn.  IIRC the current state of the art in quantum computation
> is the ability to write a program which proves with high probability
> that 15=5*3, so 3D rendering is a ways off yet.

Grover's algorithm looks interesting, if I ever get that far in the 
tutorial. But yes, with just 5 qbits, things are a bit limited...

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