uman

Binary is a number system, nothing else. Code that tells the hardware of a processor what to do is machine language. Machine language happens to be made of binary, but the two terms should not be confused.

Even worse are those who claim to "speak binary". DaWei, I'm sure you agree with me there, as we've discussed this before.

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DaWei

I don't speak binary, but I write it and do arithmetic and logic in it. Even before the days of the microprocessor. Perhaps that's why I'm not so recalcitrantly averse to the use of the term for the 1s and 0s that get applied to gate and clock inputs. The writers of the assembly language manuals almost universally use binary digits, rather than true/false or on/off to illustrate the meanings of the various bits and bit clusters in an opcode. Just sayin'.

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stevengs

just sayin', even a redneck-bubba new yorker can be fickle if'n he has a mind to.
:p

I have actually heard someone, a physiological adult at that, say "Why come?" in response to being asked to move his vehicle for some reason. Which state is home to this "accent", as he tended to describe it?

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DaWei

I dunno. I wuz busy eatin' basgetti and meatballs when they 'splained that 'un.

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nemesis

They dont really speak like that in NY do they. I have been to Boston and i understood most of what people said. Its sometimes felt like they were talking some other language, but after they slowed down a bit i understood.

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DaWei

How many distinct accents do they have in the UK? Even just in, say, the London area? My friends there say it's quite significant.

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nemesis

There are alot, and some are hard to understand. I used to live just outside london and when i moved to Bristol for some reason i was told i sounded australian.

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