What was the point of learning cursive in school?

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Dude, I know...I'm in I.T..... most people refer to CPUs as the actual computer...YES...I know that's technically incorrect, but I was NOT referring to the processor chip on the computer.

Unlike the electron flow standards, I cannot see any reasonable basis for such a disgusting misnomer.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Unlike the electron flow standards, I cannot see any reasonable basis for such a disgusting misnomer.

You must be experiencing some type of Intel Disability of the 10th power of Telecommunications.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

You must be experiencing some type of Intel Disability of the 10th power of Telecommunications.

Oh, you want to going into a war of which one of us is the more skilled geek here? I'm one of those guys who don't need any demystification when going into computer jargon and doesn't faint at the sight of opening the case and seeing the motherboard. If I wanted to, I could have pursued a computer science degree real easy.
There is no sense behind this usage of CPU. None.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Oh, you want to going into a war of which one of us is the more skilled geek here? I'm one of those guys who don't need any demystification when going into computer jargon and doesn't faint at the sight of opening the case and seeing the motherboard. If I wanted to, I could have pursued a computer science degree real easy.
There is no sense behind this usage of CPU. None.

Dude, you're the one starting all of this mess in the first place. If you're going to try to smart off to someone in hopes of making them look dumb, how about proof reading what you write first? "Oh, you want to going into a war..." What in the blue hell does that mean? I would suggest before splitting hairs over the proper use of a word, you learn how to complete coherent sentences first.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Dude, you're the one starting all of this mess in the first place. If you're going to try to smart off to someone in hopes of making them look dumb, how about proof reading what you write first? "Oh, you want to going into a war..." What in the blue hell does that mean? I would suggest before splitting hairs over the proper use of a word, you learn how to complete coherent sentences first.

Drop the -ing and the phrase is complete. Not to mention that tu quoque does not necessarily absolve you of any wrongness of your own position, it just points out that one's hands are "unclean".

While you're toting around your degree, the a proof by contradiction can speak for itself.

The CPU is defined as central processing unit.
The Central Processing unit has certain properties. It is a chip that carries out the program instructions.

The computer has many various definitions. But I'm sure that storage and retrieval, and displaying what it's doing are some of the functions we expect a typical PC to do. That means that the computer can stuff files in a hard drive, load things into RAM, and display pretty graphics on a monitor.

So, let's assume the computer and the CPU are the same. That means that the little chip can perform functions that a whole computer can do. That means that the little chip can store data indefinitely and can display graphics all by its little lonesome. This contradicts reality. You need a hard drive to store data, and an integrated chip or video card to display video.
By contradiction, it is proven that the CPU=/= to the whole computer.

Q.E.D