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|    The essence of all Computation generical    |
|    16 Jan 26 16:58:20    |
      XPost: comp.theory, comp.software-eng, sci.logic       XPost: sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 1/16/2026 4:21 PM, dart200 wrote:       > On 1/16/26 8:46 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >> On 1/16/26 4:08 AM, dart200 wrote:       >>> On 1/15/26 7:28 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>> On 1/15/26 7:23 AM, dart200 wrote:       >>>>       >>>>> bro stick a giant dildo up ur asshole u hypocritical fuckface...       >>>>>       >>>>> when i tried to suggest improvements to the computational model,       >>>>> like RTMs, u then told me i *can't* do that because muh ct-thesis,       >>>>> and here u are crying about how no superior method has been found       >>>>> as if u'd ever even tried to look past the ct-thesis...       >>>>       >>>> No, you didn't suggest improvements to the model, you just showed       >>>> you don't knoww what that means.       >>>>       >>>> You don't get to change what a "computation" is, that isn't part of       >>>> the "model".       >>>       >>> you honestly could have just said that cause the rest of this is just       >>> u repeating urself as if that makes it more correct       >>>       >>       >> But I HAVE said it that simply, and you rejected it as you think you       >> get to,       >       > but repeating urself doesn't make it more true       >       >>       >>       >>>>       >>>> The model would be the format of the machine, and while your RTM       >>>> might be a type of machine that could be thought of, they don't do       >>>> COMPUTATIONS, as it violates the basic rules of what a compuation IS.       >>>>       >>>> Computations are specific algorithms acting on just the input data.       >>>>       >>>> A fundamental property needed to reach at least Turing Complete       >>>> ability, is the ability to cascade algorithms.       >>>>       >>>> Your RTM break that capability, and thus become less than Turing       >>>> Complete.       >>>       >>> i'm sorry, RTMs are literally just TMs with one added instruction       >>> that dumps static meta-data + copies tape ... how have they *lost*       >>> power with that??? clearly they can express anything that TMs can ...       >>       >> Which means you don't understand how "TM"s work, as they don't have       >> that sort of "instructions".       >       > fuck dude sorry "operation" is the term turing used, i added to the list       > of possible operations with RTMs, my god dude...       >       > see how fucking unhelpful u are???       >       >>       >>>       >>>>       >>>> And, any algorithm that actually USES their capability to detect if       >>>> they have been nested will become incorrect as a decider, as a       >>>> decider is a machine that computes a specific mapping of its input       >>>> to its output, and if that result changes in the submachine, only       >>>> one of the answers it gives (as a stand-alone, or as the sub-       >>>> machine) can be right, so you just show that it gave a wrong answer.       >>>       >>> u have proof that doesn't work yet you keep asserting this is the       >>> "one true way". seems like u just enjoy shooting urself in the foot,       >>> with the only actual rational way being it's just the "one true way"       >>       >> IT IS DEFINITION. Something you don't seem to understand.       >>       >> "Computation" is NOT defined by what some machine does, that is       >> algorithms and results. "Computation" is the mapping generated by it,       >> which MUST be a specific mapping of input to output.       >       > no one has defined "computation" well enough to prove that turing       > machines can compute them all,       >              *The essence of all Computation generically defined*              Computation only applies finite string       transformation rules to finite string inputs.              Computable functions are Computations that       always stop running.              The empty string counts as a string.                     --       Copyright 2026 Olcott |
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