XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/12/2025 3:59 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   > On 12/12/25 4:33 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 12/12/2025 3:09 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 12/12/25 3:55 PM, polcott wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/12/2025 1:47 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>>>> On 12/12/25 2:35 PM, polcott wrote:   
   >>>>>> The input to a Turing machine halt decider has always   
   >>>>>> been a finite string that SPECIFIES (in its encoding)   
   >>>>>> an exact sequence of steps. The decider only has what   
   >>>>>> this finite string encodes as its only basis.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The string does not specify the steps, it specifies the algorthm   
   >>>>> used to generate those steps.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Counter-factual.   
   >>>> The string encoding directly specifies   
   >>>> an exact sequence of steps within the   
   >>>> model of computation.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Where do you get that? More of your zero-principle logic?   
   >>>   
   >>> If it was, how can you say your C code is a valid input? that doesn't   
   >>> specify what steps happen, it specifies the logic used to generate   
   >>> the steps.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It is a string of bytes that specifies an   
   >> exact sequence of steps within a model of   
   >> computation.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > HOW??? Your input isn't that, so I guess you are just admitting you are   
   > just a liar.   
   >   
   > If it is, then how is C code or x86 instrutions code a valid input.   
   > Those are not a "exact sequence of steps" that the machine goes through.   
   >   
      
   You must keep forgetting the details that   
   I have already provided.   
      
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