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From: |-|ercules on 7 Jun 2010 23:40 "Marshall" <marshall.spight(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:753b820e-d8b1-4ecd-b448-283171e2ee02(a)a39g2000prb.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 7, 7:51 pm, "|-|ercules" <radgray...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I can compute the list of all computable reals. There's just some numbers that show >> up blank. >> >> It's trivial to compute a list that covers every digit sequence to all (infinite) finite lengths. > > How are you going to do that? > > Write a program that first prints out an infinite sequence of zeroes, > and then... > > Oops! Already a problem! There is no "then" that comes after writing > the > zeroes, because the process of writing the zeroes will never finish. > > Please show us this trivial program that computes every infinite digit > sequence. > > > Marshall Here you go: 1 000000 2 31415 3 2818 4 141 5 22 6 7 It's not finished yet! Next digit is the 7th 0 on the first number. Herc
From: HeadRush on 8 Jun 2010 00:25 "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:875s9fF67sU1(a)mid.individual.net... > "Tim Little" <tim(a)little-possums.net> wrote >> On 2010-06-08, |-|ercules <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> I can compute the list of all computable reals. >> >> No, you can't. >> >> >>> It's trivial to compute a list that covers every digit sequence to >>> all (infinite) finite lengths. >> >> Delete "(infinite)", and your statement is correct. There is no such >> thing as an infinite finite length though, so inserting the word >> "infinite" there makes no sense. >> > > How about, all possible digit sequences are computable to all, as in an > infinite > amount of, finite lengths. You can't use delusional paranoia to solve a mathematical problem. HR
From: |-|ercules on 8 Jun 2010 00:31 "HeadRush" <(_!_)@( . )( . ).com> wrote ... > > "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:875s9fF67sU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> "Tim Little" <tim(a)little-possums.net> wrote >>> On 2010-06-08, |-|ercules <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> I can compute the list of all computable reals. >>> >>> No, you can't. >>> >>> >>>> It's trivial to compute a list that covers every digit sequence to >>>> all (infinite) finite lengths. >>> >>> Delete "(infinite)", and your statement is correct. There is no such >>> thing as an infinite finite length though, so inserting the word >>> "infinite" there makes no sense. >>> >> >> How about, all possible digit sequences are computable to all, as in an >> infinite >> amount of, finite lengths. > > You can't use delusional paranoia to solve a mathematical problem. > > HR What are you saying, The Truman Show is FALSE? Herc
From: Dingo on 8 Jun 2010 00:33 On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:31:23 +1000, "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >What are you saying, The Truman Show is FALSE? Er, yes, it has been all along - only your delusions are "real".....
From: |-|ercules on 8 Jun 2010 00:35
"Dingo" <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote ... > On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:31:23 +1000, "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>What are you saying, The Truman Show is FALSE? > > Er, yes, it has been all along - only your delusions are "real"..... Now you get it! Herc |