Re: Creative Word

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:37:35 CST, "Kent Johnson" <kent@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi Bill,

I asked you to name three of the "many" that you say are "far more
accurate". You name a single use that is certainly not more accurate, and
obsolete since the much superior Atari computer appeared in the early 1980s.
It is as if you are touting the merits of a slide-rule over a Cray.

I don't know what your issue is, but saying alternative intellectual tools
exist does not make it true.

Analog computers most closely emulate biological processes and
physical processes. AKA reality.

AS far as I can see I posted (3)three.
Name three.
Analog computers were widely utilized for realtime calculations and
still are. Digital computers have only recently achieved speed levels
that can approximate what analog computers achieved years ago.
BTW Digital Computers still cannot handle real time.
Analog computers can take into account multiple, unpredictable,
varying variables in realtime, digital computers cannot; they can only
work with static systems.
They have to create a set of static data in order to function.
Analog computers most closely emulate biological processes and
physical processes. AKA reality.


A weather rock is a more natural indication of weather conditions than a
weather web site. Is more natural in some way better in your mind?
And sticking one's finger in one's mouth and holding it up is an
excellent way of determining wind speed and direction.
Let's see "Red sun in the morning sailor take warning, red sun at
night sailor's delight."

The conversion of the Baha'i Scriptures between languages is a analog
process involving groups of people coming up with a best fit between
the languages. Digital computers can only go so far and only very
recently. Analog 'human' processes must intervene. For that matter
all conversions between languages must have a 'human' component for
accuracy.

True. Computer translation of human languages is an idea who time has not
yet come.
Also it still doesn't work except in a very rudimentary way only very
recently.
Not sure I will ever trust a computer to translate my devotional
writings accurately. For this purpose I agree we should not use machines,
analog or digital.

Agreed.
There is no soul in the machine.


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