Re: Liability & responsibility of electrician?

Depennds on how you define (or look at) things. This one can be argued either way (as can hexadecimal/binary).

factor'.

...and MN is chadless.

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The individual holes are binary, hence the term 'absolute'.

Of course a string of holes can be referred to as a 'word' or 'byte' or whatever one wishes, and the entire area can be sectored off in some manner or not, but the most base element is on or off, hole or no hole.

Definitely controlable if you are laser etching 3-D.

factor'.

It is a character device, so there is no "'absolute'".

The reader is a character device.

factor'.

Optically reading a printed character results (hopefully by design) in a specific language (dissemination). Optically reading holes in a card, tape, sheet, etc. of paper are BINARY decisions, even though reading a block of such holes disseminates a "character" or "word" of the "language" being used.

The questions: 'Is there a hole?', and 'At what location?' can disseminate a hole that would be binary into a hole that represents a choice or entire character because geographical position is also weighed in and becomes part of the 'language' of the coding system.

It is still a mere on or off, hole or no hole decision engine at the reader/punch level. That's binary.

So if the hole's position mattered, the dissemination would be two fold. Location, and hole/no_hole binary switch. The two can result in a "character", but the mechanics and the status of the hole or no_hole question are resolved in a binary manner.

If the hole needs to be in with a group of other holes to determine a "word" or "character", that is a datagram, read by rows and columns, but the actual holes are still read binary when the read engine scans that row/column group to compile the character or word.

Reading a UID tag that is very small and printed white on clear is a pain in the rear. One has to place a printed sample on a black surface to get the verifier scanners to read it. It amounts to the same thing. A series of contrast difference blocks as opposed to holes. Read by a laser as opposed to an optocoupler or such.

factor'.

Who said anything about optics? By your definition "octal", "hexadecimal", and "ASCII", don't exist.

Is there a character available? Stuff character.

But there are eight (or five). That's ASCII, or something.

The decision isn't hole/no hole. It's character/no character. You can't take them one bit at a time.

Nope. They're read in parallel. They may be shifted/scanned after, but they most certainly are read as a character.

Why can't you stay on topic?

It is the same thing. Have you ever even seen a UID?

Not at all. As far as optical goes, how do you think the tape is read? The holes are read by the reader using a visual means. That means that each hole is a binary decision. It doesn't matter that a series of holes were organized into a character or word. by the system doing the reading. I was talking about individual holes.

So if a single hole represents an entire character, I'd be surprised.

Speaking of individual holes ... aw, Archie - you can giuess the rest yourself like a good little sphincter.

I see your neuron is lonely again, on a Friday night.

I see that your alternate asshole retard personality has resumed control.