Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: How the requirements that Professor Sipser agreed to are exactly met Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 17:25:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <100359g$2mtsb$10@dont-email.me> References: <7d1bfcbed36e6754f82e4f73117f30113b763e61@i2pn2.org> <1002do3$2i4bk$13@dont-email.me> <1002vmu$2mbr6$2@dont-email.me> <100325m$2n1is$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 00:25:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="66a8f7019eb14522c3a913b396c0eecb"; logging-data="2848651"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19oqKbz02P7nZUeLtI8pJQl" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:YVjvXZiVNg7PlCZl0S77UBMeZJk= In-Reply-To: <100325m$2n1is$2@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250514-4, 5/14/2025), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus-Status: Clean On 5/14/2025 4:32 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 14/05/2025 21:50, dbush wrote: >> On 5/14/2025 11:44 AM, olcott wrote: > > > 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 >>> THE SPEC REQUIRES A PARTIAL SIMULATION OF SOME INPUTS. >> >> Simulation is not a requirement, merely an implementation detail. >> Mapping the halting function is the requirement: > > I think Mr Olcott sees simulation as a requirement, if not /the/ > requirement. > This whole post and every single message is only about how HHH/DDD and HHH/DD meet the EXACT WORDS OF THE ABOVE SPEC. All divergence from this was a dishonest dodge. -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer