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Posted 23 June 2012 - 05:39 AM
Wish there were a way to save this. Fantastic head-scratcher.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 07:37 AM
Binary representatons of numbers and letters
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 07:53 AM
@johann23 is right. The article should read "minus the infinite tape" because we always have a finite amount of memory.
The philosophical aspects of Turing machines also should show that there is no "altered" trajectory for computer invention given that a Turing machine can emulate any other Turing machine, which is why you can emulate a Nintendo or an ARM phone in your x86 (although slower)
Just like any other science field, Turing "discovered" his achievements, instead of "inventing" them.
It is nice to know we have our Newton in computer science.
The philosophical aspects of Turing machines also should show that there is no "altered" trajectory for computer invention given that a Turing machine can emulate any other Turing machine, which is why you can emulate a Nintendo or an ARM phone in your x86 (although slower)
Just like any other science field, Turing "discovered" his achievements, instead of "inventing" them.
It is nice to know we have our Newton in computer science.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 09:52 AM
I Solved It... Wohooooo... I dont know how i did it But i did it...!!! Am i a freakin' Genuis... I didnt even know what it meant..hahah
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 07:13 PM
kronoscornelius, on 23 June 2012 - 07:53 AM, said:
@johann23 is right. The article should read "minus the infinite tape" because we always have a finite amount of memory.
Actually, she was wrong. The reporter meant that modern computers use more sophisticated storage devices than tape (which is now used, if at all, only for backups). Has nothing to do with capacity.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 08:02 PM
Gnostradamus, on 23 June 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:
Wish there were a way to save this. Fantastic head-scratcher.
Google always has access to old doodles. Just search for Google Doodles and you can view this one today and in the future.
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Posted 23 June 2012 - 10:02 PM
johann23, on 23 June 2012 - 07:37 AM, said:
Binary representatons of numbers and letters
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
not true, practical computers would exist without any contribution from Turing. Charles Babbage designed an engine that could modify its own memory holding data and programs, and executing data as programs and treating programs as data. His Analytical Engine was truly general purpose programmable machine. John Atanasoff was the one who realized binary electronic machines would be the most efficient design. And Grace Hopper concieved of the compiler that would translate human input into machine instructions. Those are the milestones of the modern computer system, and Turing was unecessary for those
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:01 AM
ClayManBob8tqz, on 23 June 2012 - 08:02 PM, said:
Gnostradamus, on 23 June 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:
Wish there were a way to save this. Fantastic head-scratcher.
Google always has access to old doodles. Just search for Google Doodles and you can view this one today and in the future.
I found the google doodle history/archive and indeed the Turing doodle is there, but I was unable to find a way to execute it. Did I miss something?
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 12:13 PM
ziggy430a, on 23 June 2012 - 10:02 PM, said:
johann23, on 23 June 2012 - 07:37 AM, said:
Binary representatons of numbers and letters
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
were around long before Turing so that's not
the tranformative idea. It's Turing's concept
of a universal machine. Thank him for that because it's reason you can buy one computer and "customize" it using software rather than buy a new machine for every variety of task.
Also, modern computers aren't "minus the tape".
They just update it in the form of RAM.
not true, practical computers would exist without any contribution from Turing. Charles Babbage designed an engine that could modify its own memory holding data and programs, and executing data as programs and treating programs as data. His Analytical Engine was truly general purpose programmable machine. John Atanasoff was the one who realized binary electronic machines would be the most efficient design. And Grace Hopper concieved of the compiler that would translate human input into machine instructions. Those are the milestones of the modern computer system, and Turing was unecessary for those
Likewise, we would have computing engines without Charles Babbage, electronic digital computers without John Atansoff, and high level languages without Grace Hopper. johann23's statement was perhaps over enthusiastic but should in no way diminish the fact that Alan Turing was a thinker of the first level and one of the sets of shoulders, along with the afore mentioned, that subsequent computer/computing scientists stood on as they advanced the art.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 12:42 PM
Can one play it, although the date has passed? I haven't had the time to go through all the puzzles on that day. Wish there was a game with that concept, just a bit more puzzles. Great to explain programming to children.
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