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T Roosevelt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:33 PM
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* was actually right - he IS the decider (per wikipedia)
Machine that always halts
In computability theory, a machine that always halts — also called a decider (Sipser, 1996) — is any abstract machine or model of computation that, contrary to the most general Turing machines, is guaranteed to halt for any particular description and input (see halting problem).

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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:35 PM
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1. That is Hilarious!
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:39 PM
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2. hehe. You right!
we need a president who is at least up to the level of a turing machine...Ideally one who could pass the TURING TEST something I'm sure Bush couldn't do
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:40 PM
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3. Someone called Randi Rhodes and mentioned this. It is amazing!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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T Roosevelt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 09:28 PM
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6. I heard it - should have hat-tipped that caller
wasn't able to check it at the time (in the car)...
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:41 PM
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4. Yes, we have a "halting problem"
So it fits a couple of ways.

Great find!
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PuraVidaDreamin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 06:44 PM
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5. My hubby calls him the 'figure outer'
he's too kind
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