[sdiy] Is everything digital?

[Grant Richter]

It's more about the interface method. A Blacet VCO with Mini-Wave feels 
analog and sounds digital.

Digital engineering in more difficult to do DIY. Anything that involves 
software development, adds an order of magnitude worth of complexity 
(and maintenance problems). It is a great help to have at least two 
people or a group.

On May 14, 2005, at 4:49 PM, xmurz at gmx.de wrote:

> maybe some interesting further reading:
>
> "Simulating Physics" by Richard P.Feynman 1981
> "Quantum Theory, the Church-Turing principle and the universal quantum 
> computer" by D. Deutsch 1984
>
> I have both articles here (scanned in and as a copy).
>
> As some have pointed out, "analogue" and "digital" are only "models" 
> which
> are simplifications which are true only to a certain extend (a certain 
> "space").
> Nothing truely "is"  analogue or "digital".
> We use models such as quantum theory to describe what we otherwise 
> don't
> know how to talk about in a scientific manner.
>
> But all models we have are only models. Even mathematics.
> We can prove things but we use models again.
> The only real judge is nature. But even nature can be inconsistent.
>
> When I got to know quantum computing / quantum theory, I thought
> now we finally get a system where we can't say "digital" or "analogue" 
> anymore,
> we can end that digital vs analogue war :)
>
> - Hans
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