Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:18:08 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) Message-ID: <199711120718.AAA02460@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199711120710.AAA29725@usr01.primenet.com> References: <199711120532.WAA01955@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199711120710.AAA29725@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > > "Perfectly Random" doesn't exist. > > > > Prove it. I say it does. :) :) :) > > It's the simpler explanation. Simpler != correct. > Prove that it does, or provide some > empirical evidence which contradicts the hypothesis... 8-). Human behavior. Why do I fall in love with who I fall in love with? Why do some children raised in the exact same circumstances turn out totally different? Why do twins with the *exact* same DNA look and act different? > > > Mostly because not only time and > > > energy is quantized, but because space is quantized, as well. > > > > Actually, space is not as far as we can tell. Space is infinite, and > > therefore cannot be quantized completely. (Something that is infinite > > cannot be modeled except by an infinite model.) > > A grid etched on a plain can have a defined grid unit size without > the plane having to be finite. Yes, but you've only described a subset, not the entire thing. > Although the best evidence we have > suggests that space is finite (and that we live in a closed universe). Let's see some facts to back up this assertion. > > With the same token energy maybe infinite as well.... > > Again, the best evidence is that we live in a closed universe. Your evidence comes from different sources than mine. [ I assert that Artificial intelligence can't be created ] > > And, there are alot of *really* smart people who agree with me. > > And a lot of them who disagree with you. Appeal to authority isn't > a valid form of proof. 8-). True, but I don't have the purden of proof, you do. I assert that it can't be done, so you must therefore prove to me that it can. All of the emperical evidence up till now supports my claim. :) Nate
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