RE: [sl4] I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the Singularity.

From: Bradley Thomas (brad36@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 14:57:17 MDT


*My point is that any real algorithm in any real computer is automatically
in an infinite loop.

In the sense that it has to return to a prior state sooner or later (and
that state may be halted).

Brad Thomas
www.bradleythomas.com
Twitter @bradleymthomas, @instansa
 

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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 "Bradley Thomas" <brad36@gmail.com> said:

> Sure, but can this be done with finite memory?

So your question is can a computer with finite memory calculate an infinite
number of digits of Pi? Well what do you think?

 John K Clark

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