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In my opinion I would say it was quit shocked. As the speaker was saying the computer calculation idea was taken from that by Sir Bill Gates.
As todays computer CPU is so much fater is calculation it can calculate the amount of numbers in 3 seconds that a human life can't do that and the star was this.
Yeah! I'm the first one :D According to questions in Task 5, as far as I'm concerned the largest adventages of the Inca quipu seems nothing for me because nowadays we don't usually use it and I can't iagine how is it useful? but I think some people might use it now as what he said that his granddad couldn't read or write. So it seems to me that some people recently use it.In ters of signify, personally I think the knots might involve their food or conventional event because soe of colour mean phonoenon and events. :)
Hi Rung, Zia seems to have beaten you, I am afraid....:-) I like your ideas about the different uses of the knots... It's funny to read your 'coded' (missing 'm') language...
I don't think this is popular nowadays, but in Japan, this kind of system was used until 200 years ago and this technology is also taken from other kind of system like computer language so that we use this system indirectly during we haven't noticed.
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ReplyDeleteIn my opinion I would say it was quit shocked. As the speaker was saying the computer calculation idea was taken from that by Sir Bill Gates.
As todays computer CPU is so much fater is calculation it can calculate the amount of numbers in 3 seconds that a human life can't do that and the star was this.
intersting pices of information! Thanks
I agree, Zia, I was shocked as well. Interesting how sophisticated different coloured strings with knots can be, isn't it...
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Yeah! I'm the first one :D
ReplyDeleteAccording to questions in Task 5, as far as I'm concerned the largest adventages of the Inca quipu seems nothing for me because nowadays we don't usually use it and I can't iagine how is it useful? but I think some people might use it now as what he said that his granddad couldn't read or write. So it seems to me that some people recently use it.In ters of signify, personally I think the knots might involve their food or conventional event because soe of colour mean phonoenon and events. :)
Hi Rung,
DeleteZia seems to have beaten you, I am afraid....:-)
I like your ideas about the different uses of the knots...
It's funny to read your 'coded' (missing 'm') language...
Thanks for your comments
my keyboard 'm' letter doesnt work... Sorry :(
ReplyDelete>Do you think they could still be used today ?
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is popular nowadays, but in Japan, this kind of system was used until 200 years ago and this technology is also taken from other kind of system like computer language so that we use this system indirectly during we haven't noticed.
That's very interesting, Kenta. I didn't know it was used in Japan as well. Thanks for your comments.
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