Re: [PO] Re: Refutation of the Halting Problem's Proof (Clarifications Wanted)

From: David C. Ullrich (ullrich_at_math.okstate.edu)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:59:54 -0500

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:40:00 GMT, Marc Goodman
<marc.goodman@comcast.net> wrote:

>David C. Ullrich wrote:
>> and what do you think about the fact that he's never answered
>> my question regarding whether a routine that always returns
>> 'no answer' counts as a valid ha?
>
>What do I think? I'd be surprised if you still have
>(or ever had) any kind of expectation of rational discourse
>at all. I give you more credit than to believe you seriously
>expected an answer in the first place.

oh, of course i never expected him to answer that question -
the first time i asked the question i -said- i understood
why he didn't want to answer it.

>I'd bet money
>you knew by the third post what you were getting yourself
>into, and the only reason you continued past that was
>because you were having fun mocking him.

well, duh. [that doesn't make me sound very nice. but i
don't pick on people for fun because they're stupid or
ignorant, it takes ignorant stupidity -plus- incredible
arrogance...]

>Well, you did ask me what I thought, so don't blame me
>if my thoughts are "not wholly charitable."

not sure whether you're acknowledging a lack of charity
towards me or peter. if you're talking about peter, i
don't see he has any charity coming. he knows nothing
about the subject and couldn't reason his way out of
a paper bag but announces he's a genius who understands
all this stuff better than anyone in history, goes on
about people's errors in logic, etc - it's really not
like he deserves respect for being a humble seeker
after truth. if otoh you're referring to me no problem,
what you say about me here is obviously true.

************************

David C. Ullrich

sorry about the inelegant formatting - typing
one-handed for a few weeks...

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