Posted on 12/08/2014 9:59:37 AM PST by Borges
Mathematician George Boole died 150 years ago (today). Boolean logic, the system he invented, is still used in modern computer programming
Boole walked two miles to the lecture hall where he was due to give a lecture to students in 1864. But it was raining, and he became ill, dying of pleural effusion - liquid around the lungs - on December 8, 1864. He was 49.
In the last 17 years of his life he had established the concept of algebraic logic in mathematics, and simplified the world down to basic statements with either a yes or no answer, for which he used binary arithmetic. "The respective interpretations of the symbols 0 and 1 in the system of logic are Nothing and Universe," he said. It was a concept he first introduced in 1847, and expanded on in 1854. But even now, 150 years after his death, it's used in computer programmes.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Is there really such a thing as an exclusive NOR gate? That used to be a joke between my boss and I. I don’t think there is any actual chip so designated.
Electro-humor.
74LS good ol’ days.
Oh wait, it’s the anniversary of his death, not his birth, that probably explains it.
lol
...and those who don't realize that it's a tertiary statement.
One day I will be told why we live in a binary universe...by G-d, or not...
Ok, I've posted this stuff before, so sue me...
...or not...
5.56mm
Now consider what would be possible with Trinary Logic once it can be implemented in hardware.
One byte (28 or 8 Bits) can have 256 different values. One Tryte (39 or 9 Trits) can have 19,683 different values. (Some have defined a Tryte as 36 for 729)
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
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mommy! The kids were boolean me at school!
On the one hand, that sounds like a good idea.
On the other hand, it might be very difficult to implement.
On the gripping hand.....
Nice. Exactly what I was thinking.
They acted Booleshly.
I have something in my eye. ;-)
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
LOL
Dang, you beat me to it!
Well done!
All you really need is a two input NAND gate :-).
Is “10” signed or unsigned? If it’s signed it makes no sense.
Boole?
How about the guy that made Boolean useful?
Claude Shannon - father of the Information Age.
Don't Care.
It was a joke, son.
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