Sorting, sorting, Xia Duo once again missed the computers on earth. How great it would be if he could have a computer now!
Not to mention anything else, data entry alone can save a lot of time.
Even those arcane geometric figures cannot be analyzed using computers on Earth.
The roots of computer algorithms can also be traced back to human thinking patterns. Human beings set algorithms according to their own thinking patterns.
Perhaps after countless iterations, it has become countless times more complex than human beings' own thinking mode, but the essence remains the same.
The most obvious manifestation is that all algorithms can be understood, no matter how complex the algorithm is, as long as people other than the designer are willing to understand it, they will be able to understand it.
No matter how complex the algorithm application and implementation process is, as long as humans are willing and have enough time, they can surely achieve the same results manually.
To a certain extent, computers are not "smarter" than people, they just calculate faster!
Conversely, not all human thinking patterns can be converted into algorithms, and computers also have their natural limitations. Before Chateau's time travel, parallel computing was a very promising, but difficult to implement algorithm.
Usually this can only be achieved through indirection.
But analyzing arcane geometric figures does not require complex algorithms. In fact, Shado only needs a simple comparison program that allows him to extract data with fixed characteristics from massive data.
In this way, after repeated multi-dimensional comparisons, it is easy to establish a simple data model about the detection signal, and the analysis based on the model has a more constructive effect.
This kind of result, which can be obtained in a few seconds on a computer, would really take a long time if Xia Duo compiled it manually.
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Thinking this way, the more he organized, the more frustrated he became. How painful it was to know a tool that could save time and effort but couldn't get it!
At the same time, he was also curious about how the massive data was processed at Giles Tower.
Compared with the data on the Tower of Time, the data on the Tower of Giles is really massive. If there is no efficient processing method, how can we extract useful information from it and improve the search efficiency?
Perhaps they have long developed specialized theories and techniques (including spells) to quickly detect and verify the large amounts of data coming from the plane exploration array.
However, the plane scholar training materials that Niya brought back to the Tower of Time were very basic and did not include such techniques.
This is just a guess made by Xia Duo, but it is a guess that is based on reality and can be realized. It is indeed very likely to be true.
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"Looks like we still have to find a solution from Giles Tower!"
But the problem is that although the princess is positive and even supportive of open magic exchanges, this does not mean that she will open up her core technology without restraint.
Even Xia Duo? Even if he wants to universally popularize magic education immediately? But in his heart, he still has his own strength.
He clearly distinguishes what needs to be open to the public for free, what can be used for communication, what can be sold for money, what needs to be kept strictly confidential, and what can only be hidden in his own mind.
Such a key technology that involves plane exploration? It is definitely impossible for him to tell others? Open communication does not mean handing over all his records.
On earth, theory and academics are very open? But technology always has various patent restrictions, which are easily insurmountable.
But in this real magical world, the boundary between theory and technology is not so clear-cut, so it is even more important to understand it clearly.
The magic patent of the Arcane Law Federation is actually a forced transaction. Once registered, someone must pay, otherwise this mechanism will not work.
This is why patent registration has been stagnant for decades in the past? The emergence of [Magic Network Background Communication] can become a sign of breaking the deadlock.
Is that because? Once you have the first one, it is a good choice whether it is purely for profit or if the mage tower cannot survive and needs to use royalties to survive.
Once the opening is opened, it is easy to connect it from behind.
But can you imagine? Who would be stupid enough to open those truly core, key, and irreplaceable spells to everyone?
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Random thoughts? Xia Duo devoted himself to data collection. Thinking too much? He still couldn't get a computer.
He still remembered the content of computer principles in college, but the problem was that his major was software engineering? Rather than electronic information engineering, which was more focused on hardware? How to build a computer? He only knew a rough idea.
Building a computer from scratch without an industrial foundation is even more confusing.
In addition, there is another problem. The source of matter in this world is energy, real pure energy, not the energy of the movement of matter on the earth.
The electricity here is really pure electricity. The wind or air element and the positive energy are excited to be electricity. The electricity on the earth is said to be energy, but it actually refers to the movement of electrons.
In addition, the enrichment of elements here will form corresponding material forms, which is the transformation from pure energy to matter, which is very magical.
But on Earth, even the energy released by so-called nuclear fusion does not release pure energy, but is emitted in the form of particles.
It is very likely that there are no electrons, atoms or the like in this world, and the electronic computers that Chateau was familiar with in the past would have no basis for their existence.
We can only localize and apply some concepts of computers on Earth in this world. This is very difficult for Xia Duo. He will definitely not be able to complete it in a short time alone.
Although there is a saying that "if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools", but the process of "sharpening the tools" is likely to take an ordinary person's lifetime. How could Xia Duo do nothing but specialize in computers?
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Of course, it wasn't that he hadn't considered everything. The magic circle in operation was actually very consistent with the prototype of a magic computer in Sha Duo's impression.
There is energy flow, there are different routes, and the opening and closing can be controlled. If we can find some logical paths that are meaningless and comply with the principles of calculation, it may be possible to realize it.
The reason why it is meaningless is because the magic circle is a solidified form of energy flowing in the strings of the magic network, and the "combination of the strings of the magic network" + "energy flow" is actually a specific spell.
Almost any operation on the string of the magic network will activate its internal energy, thereby stimulating spells. However, most of the spells are expressed in the form of elements and have no practical value.
To use a circuit metaphor, it is leakage.
In this case, it will be difficult to use it as a computer. Even if the issue of energy leakage is not considered, the issue of energy consumption must be considered.