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   Mr Flibble to olcott   
   Re: Halting Problem Solved? (Black Box D   
   17 Jul 21 17:45:03   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, comp.ai.philosophy, comp.software-eng   
   From: flibble@reddwarf.jmc   
      
   On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:23:37 -0500   
   olcott  wrote:   
   > Flibble is at least years behind me on this stuff.   
   > I had these same sort of ideas as far back as 2004.   
   >   
   > Correctly deciding the halt status of these "impossible" inputs is   
   > far superior to merely recognizing and rejecting them.   
      
   Years behind? Perhaps, however I don't plan on spending years of my   
   life on this problem like you have: our time on this planet is finite   
   and precious (there is no afterlife) so given that I am happy for my   
   black box decider to remain an abstract hypothetical concept.   
      
   /Flibble   
      
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