Re: [sudo-discuss] This Sat. June 1st: Today I Learned: The Simple Computer

Please join us this Saturday June 1st at 2pm for the FREE workshop ��Today I Learned: The Simple Computer.�� Perhaps you��ve heard of the 0��s and the 1��s. Perhaps you��ve heard of bits and bytes. But how do the 0��s and 1��s tell your computer to do things? How do we go from 0��s and 1��s to lolcats and code? How does the little box of plastic and circuits do anything at all? Want to have the most basic introduction to what a computer is and how it works? We will break a computer down to its most basic concept and answer any and all questions you will have (dumb questions, smart questions, normal questions �C all questions are welcome!). Finally, we will take what we��ve learned and build a very simple computer! If we have enough folks come, we will BUILD A COMPUTER OUT OF HUMANS (WHAT?!)(YES.). Specifically, during this ��Today I Learned�� workshop we will: Go on a quest to make computers as simple as possible. Intro to computer science. Understand how computers work! Cover binary math and boolean logic Make half & full adders made of water, marbles, rocks, dominos, people�� Build a very simple computer with 64 bytes of memory and 4 instructions This workshop is part of the series ��Today I Learned,�� a series of free workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned and please forward widely. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss