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From: clipka
Date: 10 Oct 2009 16:12:42
Message: <4ad0eaba$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New schrieb:

> Yes. Unbounded amounts of storage, not infinite amounts of storage. It's 
> not difficult to arrange for a Turing machine to access however much 
> memory it needs.

Consider a Turing machine that does not halt, but keeps advancing on the 
tape.

There. Arrange for *that* to access however much memory it needs. It is 
/not/ physically possible.


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