Posts for: TheShoe
Mar 26, 2024 14:56:37 #
Longshadow wrote:
(My bolding above.)
BCD is Binary Coded Decimal.............
Computers only work in binary.
(Converted to decimal for the human interface.)
BCD is Binary Coded Decimal.............
Computers only work in binary.
(Converted to decimal for the human interface.)
You are so sure of yourself. While I was at the Intelligence Production Office is 1968, I read a report about a ternary computer based on a three-state switch. Also, are Quantum computers strictly binary?
FWIW, I have been very aware of what BCD means for a great number of years.
Mar 26, 2024 14:36:32 #
Nancysc wrote:
My favorite shorter piece by Rach is the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. There is a Youtube video with Stephne Hough giving a little seminar on the piece and then the complete performance at The Proms. It's about 18 minutes and the theme will be familiar. Stephen Hough is probably the best of the younger pianists.
Another great choice. I favor Van Cliburn's version.
Mar 26, 2024 14:34:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Windows inconsistency.
Possibly a Setup thing.
Mar 26, 2024 01:50:29 #
therwol wrote:
It's a matter of taste, of course. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff wrote emotional pieces. Beethoven is more intellectual. Tchaikovsky in particular wrote many memorable romantic melodies in his pieces. Rach 2 has at least two that I can think of that have been borrowed over and over. Rach 3 is more harsh than 2, and I have to be in a mood for it.
Beethoven's music is of the Classical period, while Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninff were in the Romantic style. In the 3rd, Rachmaninoff was probably trying to challenge himself as a performer.
Mar 26, 2024 01:32:32 #
Longshadow wrote:
Even though the OLD computers did decimal math, weren't they still binary based?
Memory and logic only have two states, 1 (on) or 0 (off).
(Unless one gets into fuzzy logic.)
Maybe the users referenced 150,000 characters, but a character is stored in 8 or 16 bytes.
150,000 characters is different than 150,000 bytes.
Memory and logic only have two states, 1 (on) or 0 (off).
(Unless one gets into fuzzy logic.)
Maybe the users referenced 150,000 characters, but a character is stored in 8 or 16 bytes.
150,000 characters is different than 150,000 bytes.
The 7080 was the 2nd generation of the 705, but with discrete transistors in place of the tubes. It pre-dated the 8-bit byte. The numbers were decimal numbers in 6-bit BCD. There was nothing about the machine that was based on binary. It was a speed demon with an 11ms clock speed. IIRC,its adders were a cascading implementation similar to an abacus.
Mar 26, 2024 01:15:47 #
TriX wrote:
Yes. Windows PowerShell (admin).
Mine has Run as Admin as one of the choices in the drop-down menu
Mar 25, 2024 16:38:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
I try to poufread the auto corrupt and catch it must of the time.
But nit always.
But nit always.
It is hard to break the habit of proofscanning.
Mar 25, 2024 16:35:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Thanks.
Right click on Start and the drop-down will have Run as Administrator as one of the choices. It is the easy way to access several processes.
Mar 25, 2024 16:29:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This didn't make the trip to my earlier post. br ... (show quote)
In the olden days (before a computer could sit on a desk), decimal numbering reigned. The capacity of an IBM 7080 was touted as being 150,000 characters and that number was accurate. The machine also did decimal arithmetic. When everything turned binary, it became possible for the marketeers to confuse people by using the values differently and not divulging which base, 10 or 2, they were using.
Mar 25, 2024 15:59:56 #
Racmanaz wrote:
It’s a false positive alarm. Facebook is a relatively safe social media website.
It may be a false alarm, but much of social media would more accurately called antisocial.
Mar 25, 2024 15:56:34 #
markngolf wrote:
Utube has vides of Rachmaninoff performing. His span was immense. He suffered greatly from depression, but that did not detract from his melodic compositions.
Mark
Mark
The depression did stop his composing for 4 years, until hypnosis conquered it.
Mar 25, 2024 15:50:34 #
markngolf wrote:
Utube has vides of Rachmaninoff performing. His span was immense. He suffered greatly from depression, but that did not detract from his melodic compositions.
Mark
Mark
Youtube has a recent remastered recording of Yunchan Lim's Rach 3. If you don't know, he won last year's Van Cliburn. He was the youngest ever winner of what has been called the toughest rnial a pianist can face, and he did it in runaway fashion. As far as I know, only a couple of the posted recordings of him have decent sound quality, so t ry a differen u2b recording if you get one that sounds bad. Before him, my favorite Rach 3 was Van Cliburn's.
Mar 25, 2024 01:48:29 #
Is this the only topic in Chit-Chat that doesn't have a post from Jerry?
Mar 25, 2024 01:45:14 #
Longshadow wrote:
Modern speak for category that includes those having multiple personalities.
Mar 25, 2024 01:36:59 #
burkphoto wrote:
Could be. The lAzy DirT bAgS jusT PlAy wITh CaPs anD FOnTs.
Cut out letters often contain fingerprints. Typing is easier.
Cut out letters often contain fingerprints. Typing is easier.
You can also play with highlight color to make typed text look more like the cutouts.