Re: [sl4] Complete drivel on this list: was: I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the Singularity.

From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 13:19:26 MDT


On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:03:31 +0400, "Vladimir Nesov"
<robotact@gmail.com> said:

> So far in this discussion, the above seems to be the most technically
> precise incorrect assertion you've made. Until you take it back, it
> serves as a reference example of your incompetence.
>
> (That is, a program that halts immediately does halt, nothing
> impossible about that; similarly, a specific algorithm that runs for
> at most X steps,

For God's sake man! Nobody said there weren't any programs that halted,
and as I said before if it were not true then no program would be of any
use.

 John K Clark

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