Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dbush Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: How the requirements that Professor Sipser agreed to are exactly met --- WDH Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 18:01:00 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <10033qs$2mbr6$18@dont-email.me> References: <1000dlc$21dtc$5@dont-email.me> <1000qdb$24gr3$4@dont-email.me> <1000rir$24jh0$3@dont-email.me> <1000rqc$24gr3$7@dont-email.me> <1000son$24sr2$3@dont-email.me> <7947826fb84c9c8db49c392b305d395c3669907f@i2pn2.org> <1002dre$2i4bk$14@dont-email.me> <1002vp2$2mbr6$3@dont-email.me> <10030c3$2mivc$3@dont-email.me> <10031p1$2mbr6$14@dont-email.me> <10033l3$2mtsb$6@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 00:01:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6d1b86e29fda6298d6d1c334106b9947"; logging-data="2830182"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19STkIuK7AhNpsbAmkDQNix" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZDLV3T4FgX0zwoSLO6VDrZb0wko= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <10033l3$2mtsb$6@dont-email.me> On 5/14/2025 5:57 PM, olcott wrote: > On 5/14/2025 4:25 PM, dbush wrote: >> On 5/14/2025 5:01 PM, olcott wrote: >>> On 5/14/2025 3:51 PM, dbush wrote: >>>> On 5/14/2025 11:45 AM, olcott wrote: >>>>> On 5/14/2025 6:20 AM, Richard Damon wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> And since the DD that HHH is simulating WILL HALT when fully >>>>>> simulated (an action that HHH doesn't do) >>>>> >>>>> *NOT IN THE ACTUAL SPEC* >>>>> >>>>>      If simulating halt decider H correctly simulates its >>>>>      input D until H correctly determines that its simulated D >>>>>      would never stop running unless aborted then >>>>> >>>> >>>> That Sipser didn't agree what you think the above means: >>>> >>> >>> If that was actually true then you could provide an >>> alternative meaning for the exact words stated above. >> >> That Ben relayed a statement saying explicitly that is proof enough. >> > > There is NO SUCH THING as proof enough. > That is not the way that any actual proof really works. If Ben said that Sipser told him he doesn't agree with what you said, that is conclusive proof.