Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Fred. Zwarts" Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.logic,comp.ai.philosophy Subject: Re: Respect [was: The halting problem as defined is a category error] Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:39:24 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 66 Message-ID: <105knas$2p5ej$1@dont-email.me> References: <105bdps$1g61u$1@dont-email.me> <105c0lk$1k7ip$1@dont-email.me> <105c22v$1k9r9$3@dont-email.me> <105c5rt$1l4j7$1@dont-email.me> <105cddu$1r7mi$1@dont-email.me> <105e259$26kvp$1@dont-email.me> <105h115$ghr$1@news.muc.de> <105h23i$2uj5e$2@dont-email.me> <105i6of$2ki5n$1@dont-email.me> <105j0oc$3cagp$8@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:39:27 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="18a3a8f1335c0ab9d7d12f40e528924c"; logging-data="2921939"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cqFsv6L2kdCJzPhEiivZn" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Cf1KuzjSureEyb48oAgy812qoUI= Content-Language: nl, en-GB In-Reply-To: <105j0oc$3cagp$8@dont-email.me> Op 20.jul.2025 om 17:07 schreef olcott: > On 7/20/2025 2:44 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >> Op 19.jul.2025 om 23:18 schreef olcott: >>> On 7/19/2025 4:00 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>>> Mike Terry wrote: >>>> >>>> [ .... ] >>>> >>>>> ps. learn to post more respectfully. >>>> >>>> You've hit the nail on the head, there.  Peter Olcott doesn't show >>>> respect here for anybody.  Because of this he isn't shown any respect >>>> back - he hasn't earned any.  I don't think he understands the concept >>>> of respect any more than he understands the concept of truth. >>>> >>>> If he were to show repect, he'd repect knowledge, truth, and learning, >>>> and strive to acquire these qualities.  Instead he displays contempt >>>> for >>>> them.  This is a large part of what makes him a crank.  It is >>>> a large part of what makes it such a waste of time trying to correct >>>> him, something that you've sensibly given up. >>>> >>> >>> Now that chat bots have proven that they understand >>> what I am saying I can rephrase my words to be more >>> clear. >> >> Chat-boxes prove that reasoning with invalid presumptions lead to >> invalid conclusions. >> >>> >>> I have been rude because I cannot interpret the >>> rebuttal to this statement as anything besides >>> a despicable lie for the sole purpose of sadistic >>> pleasure of gaslighting: >>> >>> >>> typedef void (*ptr)(); >>> int HHH(ptr P); >>> >>> void DDD() >>> { >>>    HHH(DDD); >>>    return; >>> } >>> >>> int main() >>> { >>>    HHH(DDD); >>>    DDD(); >>> } >>> >>> Termination Analyzer HHH simulates its input until >>> it detects a non-terminating behavior pattern. When >>> HHH detects such a pattern it aborts its simulation >>> and returns 0. >>> >> >> We see the invalid presumption in the input. There is no non- >> termination behaviour in the input. > You can see that I did not even hint at non > termination of the input ??? We read that '... until it detects non-termination pattern' and 'When HHH detects such a pattern ...' before the '