Message 57,593 of 59,235   
   Fred. Zwarts to All   
   Re: Respect [was: The halting problem as   
   21 Jul 25 08:39:24   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl   
      
   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 '