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Analog computers do (or did) exist. And they work well for what they do. But they aren't as flexible as digital computers.

Binary is popular because electronics most easily deal with...

I would say the strongest clue to the answer is three-fold: Grok the problem Grok your solution Write so you can quickly re-grok, and so others can quickly grok, the problem and solution in the...

Answer #1: cheat! :)

#! /bin/bash
bin1=".01001"
dec1=`echo -e "ibase=2\n e(l(${bin1}))" | bc -l`
bin2=".10101"
dec2=`echo -e "ibase=2\n e(l(${bin2}))" | bc -l`
bin3=".11110"
...

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RIGHTPAREN IF YOU DON APOSTROPHE T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING COMMA SPEAK OUT LOUD SEMICOLON THE ACT OF ...

Actually, it's really not vague; it's merely time-consuming and difficult. Here is my idea of how it should be done. It rarely is, because shipping a product is far more important than shipping a...

It's all about perception and interpretation.

Think of the world of software as being entirely virtual. Said slightly differently, a physical representation of software is simply a translation to...

Hint: limit commands to 3 chars; as each char is typed, jump to the code handling that char (get another char or execute command). Make your proggies query for options and params.check to see if the...

Cool! The next step is to write open(), read(), write() and close() functions so you can open a file on a raw floppy, read it into memory, make changes, then write it to floppy.
Hmmm. Perhaps even...

No, apparently they do that with a version of their Java Runtime Environment. The typical JRE requires the services of an OS to interface with the universe off the CPU. I would expect their modified...

Hmmm. Tall order. :)

At the most basic level, an operating system is nothing more than a program than: initializes the hardware provides a means to run programs, and provides orderly access to the...