User talk:Rick Sidwell

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Whosyourjudas (talk) 06:09, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Digital
Why do you separate digital and symbolic? I was taught that digital = symbolic. - Omegatron 13:50, August 3, 2005 (UTC)


 * Different teachers, I guess... To me they are very different; computers convert symbols to numbers so they can process and store them. I've checked a number of different dictionaries and they all define digital as "represented by numbers". I suppose that numbers could technically be considered special symbols, but there is still an important difference between numbers and "other symbols", especially for input/output. --Rick Sidwell 17:28, 3 August 2005 (UTC)


 * The dictionary agrees with you. I concede defeat.  :-)  We will keep symbolic and digital separate. - Omegatron 03:23, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

n's complement
I can't find it either, so it probably should not be in the article. I know I've heard of it and used it, but I can't find a reference.

It's a useful trick, though, in teaching fractions in grade school. The way it is often done now is to teach 1 - 1/4 = 4/4 - 1/4 = 3/4. It seems to me to be easier to teach that the 1's complement of 1/4 is 3/4. Kid's pick up on it quickly and easily, and it saves them from needing pencil and paper to do some easy fraction problems. Rick Norwood 15:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC) Rick Norwood 15:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

1000baseT crossover cable
"Automatic MDI/MDI-X capability is specified in the 1000BASE-T standard, so straight-through cables will work in almost all cases."
 * I've just had a quick look through 802.3-2005 and can't find anything about auto-MDI-X in the 1000baseT section, am i missing something? Plugwash 03:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It's in 802.3-2002 section 40.4.4. "Automatic MDI/MDI-X Configuration". I don't have the latest standard, but would be surprised if this was removed. --Rick Sidwell 04:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

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