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Can you start or run your computer if the BIOS is removed or disabled? Or the power cord? No? Then does that mean the BIOS or power cord are the computer and th
by gwern 8y ago
Can you start or run your computer if the BIOS is removed or disabled? Or the power cord? No? Then does that mean the BIOS or power cord are the computer and the CPU is not a computer? Being necessary does not establish sufficiency, much less identity...
- kazinator 8y agoTo remain within the scope, content and intent of my argument, I would say that the pieces identified as "BIOS", "power cord" and "CPU" do not constitute three separate computers. I believe there is only one, but "at most one" is a compromise that works for me.