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		<title>Talk:2497: Logic Gates</title>
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As someone has just Transcripted basically almost all the fine detail I had planned to entable in the Explanation, I shall not now create repetition. Though I had a little more description to the NORXONDOR GOGONAX, in particular, to reference bidirectional (antiparallel) diode pairings (e.g. an LED assembly that glows a different hue depending upon the applied current bias) as probable inspiration, and that latched Flip-Flops surely inspired some part of the Frankensteinian gate-types, too. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.119|141.101.99.119]] 00:08, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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(Also, surprised there was no direct &amp;quot;GONDOR&amp;quot; reference. Or maybe that's because it was ''too'' obvious?) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.211|141.101.99.211]] 00:12, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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: I was also missing a &amp;quot;GONDOR&amp;quot; reference, and all the X's also made me think XEHANORT. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.174|172.70.126.174]] 03:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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...So, who's ready to draw up some truth tables? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.211|172.70.126.211]] 01:22, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I can't get the lines in the bitwise-operation example to align properly; the first one is indented a tad.  Can someone please fix that? Thanks... [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 04:11, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The symbol for norx gate (1-input OR, two outputs) I'd read as a noninverting buffer to increase another gate's usable fan-out. Xand gort resembles the symbol for an [[wikipedia:Operational amplifier|op-amp]]. Given the subtraction that an op-amp does, the xand gort's truth table probably resembles that of the [[wikipedia:Material conditional|&amp;quot;implies&amp;quot; operator]]. [[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 04:23, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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the &amp;quot;NORG XORT&amp;quot; is not equivalent to an XOR, as the symbol is round on the right. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.69.186|141.101.69.186]] 06:39, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Right, &amp;quot;NORG XORT&amp;quot; would be a XNAND with inverted inputs, though I don't know what the logic table from a XAND or XNAND gate would look like. If De Morgan applies to XAND/XOR the same way as with AND/OR, would a &amp;quot;NORG XORT&amp;quot; then be equivalent to a XOR ? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.129.43|162.158.129.43]] 15:12, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:: I think it is specifically a hybrid between XOR and NAND.  The left edge is curved like OR, and the right edge curved like AND.  I did spend some time thinking about XAND, though.  One of my ideas was a &amp;gt;2-input AND that is only true if exactly 2 inputs are true.  I wonder what qubit gates are like.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.174|108.162.219.174]] 16:16, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It seems to me that their ought to be 16 possible logic gates.  Although some would ignore one or both inputs.  [[User:Algr|Algr]] ([[User talk:Algr|talk]]) 07:18, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Yes. The 74181 4-bit arithmetic logic chip implements all 16 possible binary logic operations. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/74181 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.253|162.158.94.253]] 07:34, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:: It doesn't say the names of the various gates.  On my list I made up a few, like &amp;quot;Only B&amp;quot; that only returns true if B is true and A isn't.  Are their real names for this? [[User:Algr|Algr]] ([[User talk:Algr|talk]]) 18:57, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I could suggest &amp;quot;Unless&amp;quot; (as in 'B unless A', or maybe to counterpart 'A unless B' with standard order of operands, 'A disallows B'). Though the partially composite construct '!A &amp;amp;&amp;amp; B' would be easier to grasp by those already handling logic statements, I think. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.78|141.101.76.78]] 19:24, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_function#Table_of_binary_truth_functions --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.135|162.158.126.135]] 23:02, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::: So '''&amp;quot;Only B&amp;quot;''' is called '''&amp;quot;Converse nonimplication&amp;quot;'''?!  Maybe I'm the ''only'' logical person. [[User:Algr|Algr]] ([[User talk:Algr|talk]]) 06:30, 4 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:As Randall drew gates with two outputs, these would have 256 (16^2) possible functions [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.252|162.158.94.252]] 15:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:: That couldn't logically be anything but two logic gates sharing the same input. [[User:Algr|Algr]] ([[User talk:Algr|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
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there should be a category of comics where it starts out like a normal list and gets weirder and weirder like [[2070:_Trig_Identities|Trig Identities]] [[Special:Contributions/172.70.34.164|172.70.34.164]] 18:53, 3 August 2021 (UTC)Bumpf&lt;br /&gt;
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What, no IMPLIES gate? I actually used this once to implement a NOT operation in a database see search. [[User:Joem5636|Joem5636]] ([[User talk:Joem5636|talk]]) 11:00, 4 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It appears to me that the new gate names are just taken from the letters of the original gate names: NAND, NOR, XOR,and GATE. They're just stuck together in ways that tickled the creator's fancy.  [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.108|172.70.130.108]] 11:11, 4 August 2021 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:2496: Mine Captcha</title>
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Should be mentioned that it's most probably easier to run a script that solves this puzzle that to explain minesweeper to the majority of people, so this captcha seems pretty useless&lt;br /&gt;
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.72|162.158.92.72]] 15:56, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Writing a script to solve Minesweeper is a great exercise and helps to build a guaranteed-solvable game (which, IMO, is a good thing), but it won't usually start with image recognition. I'm not sure how hard it would be to write an image solver, especially if - unlike in this example - you'd need to dig some cells to finish solving it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.59|108.162.250.59]] 16:20, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think that it would be better to explain why there is mine in B3 and D3 (due to the ones) because you then have the full solution. I think that the curent explanation isn't complete enough for someone who don't know minesweeper to understand the solution&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe it is only me but I think that it would be less confusing to have column marked with letter and line with number. i don't know if there is any standard for that. I am used to excel way of doing it [[Special:Contributions/162.158.50.27|162.158.50.27]] 16:10, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I am soooo disappointed that the cursed minesweeper game is not playable.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.79|108.162.221.79]] 16:13, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Is something supposedto happen when I click on a box? I tried this in Chrome, IE, and Firefox, and nothing happens. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.170|172.70.110.170]] 16:18, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello. I have edited the image to include flags or bombs to mark the places. But as a new user I am not allowed to upload images.&lt;br /&gt;
If somebody is willing to receive them I could email them. [[User:Rps|Rps]] ([[User talk:Rps|talk]]) 17:10, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The title is eerily similar to Mein Kampf&lt;br /&gt;
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The explanation repeats &amp;quot;this is hard because in Minesweeper you're supposed to press the buttons without mines&amp;quot; a lot.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.108|172.70.130.108]] 18:23, 30 July 2021 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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