RE: Let's say that science proves that God exists
February 23, 2013 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2013 at 12:44 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Another minor nitpick, because I love PCB's and used to manufacture them from scratch, as it were. They do not fall within a narrow range to perform a specific function, in fact, the value and worth of a pcb design is in how general the design can be whilst being capable of performing a wide variety of functions without requiring a new board to be printed. Even in the case of boards that were "purpose-built" it can be surprising to discover how many unintended functions they are capable of performing, and a large amount of design time is spent (with marginal success) in attempting to ensure that they do not perform these unintended functions - which may interfere with the intended function, which nevertheless does not result in a board that qualifies as falling into a narrow range to perform a specific function. All logic gates (and thusly all pcb's) can be manufactured from few "universal gates" - in fact any gate or function can be manufactured and achieved from NOR gates alone (Peirces arrow) . Further, a majority of logic gates are equivalent to each other via very simple means (De Morgans theorem - all logic being possible by nand - and of course nand by nor, and all gates can be either intentionally or unintentional transformed into either - and often are-).
When you input any data into a modern PCB it performs a wide variety of intended and unintended functions, the only thing that's narrow or specific is the output you choose to view amongst all the disparate functions that are simultaneously occurring. Mind blowing, aint it?
There's really no traction on this example.
When you input any data into a modern PCB it performs a wide variety of intended and unintended functions, the only thing that's narrow or specific is the output you choose to view amongst all the disparate functions that are simultaneously occurring. Mind blowing, aint it?
There's really no traction on this example.
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