From: Trans Date: 2007-03-24T21:09:19+09:00 Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Sci On Mar 23, 10:43 pm, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" wrote: > Eleanor McHugh wrote: > > On 23 Mar 2007, at 14:43, Chad Perrin wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:54:23PM +0900, Eleanor McHugh wrote: > >>> The physicist in me would tend to agree. Being and Doing are merely > >>> useful abstractions for the 'time'-dependent asymmetries of phase > >>> space. > > >> Having read and enjoyed The Tao of Physics several times, I find that I > >> rather like that response. > > > Perhaps someone needs to write The Tao of Informatics ;) > > When I was a very small boy, I was taught that the Chinese Taoists > invented the binary number system, and that the Yin-Yang symbol was part > of that whole system. Can someone here correct me if I'm wrong? IChing symbols use six binary marks. Perhaps you've seen these, For example: ___ ___ _________ ___ ___ ___ ___ _________ _________ But I don't have any idea if they ever used these beyond enumeration, ie. to do addition, multiplication etc. T.