mandag, april 27, 2009

The computer and nothingness
the computer has 0 and 1 as the basis for its understanding. the 0 is not nothing, it is a defined absence of 1. the nothingness of the human condition is the absence of definition. in a computer, everything is defined. even the "undefined"  is really not undefined, only not properly defined in a particular context. a computer can never wait and do nothing, it has to actively listen, and do stuff.  The computer is defined. Nothingness is not.