The original computing engine was trinary (0,1,2)

[Cornette B. Meltzer]

Imagine what the world would be like today if we had that much extra
computing power. Instead, we're stuck in a binary-based system.

[D]

Post by Cornette B. Meltzer
Imagine what the world would be like today if we had that much extra
computing power. Instead, we're stuck in a binary-based system.

Quantum computing to the rescue!

[Blue-Maned_Hawk]

A trinary computer would still be turingcomplete, and therefore exactly as
powerful as a binary one, to the degree that computing power can be
quantified.

[Julieta Shem]

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It's possible the someone just wants to fill that group with
off-topic postings.

Let's not help them.

[Thomas Koenig]

Why rec.sport.pro-wrestling ?

Post by Cornette B. Meltzer
Imagine what the world would be like today if we had that much extra
computing power. Instead, we're stuck in a binary-based system.

It's not a matter of tradition, it's a matter of efficiency - is
it easier to differentiate electrically between two logic levels
and have 50% more things to switch, or go to three logic levels?

At the current technology, it would actually be more efficient
to emulate ternary (or, while you're at it, balanced ternary)
with two bits per three values, wasting one state in four.