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Mike Raiford wrote:
> What I simply can't believe is that he sold his soul to win at freecell
> of all things. You'd think you'd go for something a little more
> upmarket.. :D
If I sold my soul for the ability to solve the Halting Problem, would
that allow me to defy the usual laws of causality?
Could I use it to predict the outcome of somebody's mental processes
before it happens?
Would this enable me to finally get laid??
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On 6/11/2010 8:24 AM, Invisible wrote:
> If I sold my soul for the ability to solve the Halting Problem, would
> that allow me to defy the usual laws of causality?
No.
> Could I use it to predict the outcome of somebody's mental processes
> before it happens?
No.
> Would this enable me to finally get laid??
Definitely not.
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Would this enable me to finally get laid??
>
> Definitely not.
Damn. You need to tell me your secrets...
...oh, wait. American. Oh well! ;-)
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Would this enable me to finally get laid??
no, but cash would do the job fairly quickly. More appropriately, a
professional would do the job.
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> If I sold my soul for the ability to solve the Halting Problem, would
> that allow me to defy the usual laws of causality?
You can't sell your soul to solve an unsolvable problem.
However, if you sell it for the proof to the P=NP question and the
Riemann hypothesis, that would be something. (Or at least you would get
2 million dollars richer, and famous among the scientific community.)
--
- Warp
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On 6/11/2010 9:23 AM, Invisible wrote:
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> Damn. You need to tell me your secrets...
I already have.
> ...oh, wait. American. Oh well! ;-)
That's irrelevant in the scheme of things.
--
~Mike
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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> If I sold my soul for the ability to solve the Halting Problem, would
>> that allow me to defy the usual laws of causality?
>
> You can't sell your soul to solve an unsolvable problem.
It is known that a Turning machine cannot determine whether a given
machine will halt. No reason why I can't sell my soul for the ability to
be able to tell. ;-)
> However, if you sell it for the proof to the P=NP question and the
> Riemann hypothesis, that would be something. (Or at least you would get
> 2 million dollars richer, and famous among the scientific community.)
Unfortunately, we're dealing with the Devil here. He'd probably agree to
buy my soul in return for the proof of P=NP, and then it turns out that
actually P /= NP so I get nothing (but He still gets my soul...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > However, if you sell it for the proof to the P=NP question and the
> > Riemann hypothesis, that would be something. (Or at least you would get
> > 2 million dollars richer, and famous among the scientific community.)
> Unfortunately, we're dealing with the Devil here. He'd probably agree to
> buy my soul in return for the proof of P=NP, and then it turns out that
> actually P /= NP so I get nothing (but He still gets my soul...)
Of course you have to negotiate. When the scientific community accepts
the proofs, then the soul ownership is transferred, not before.
--
- Warp
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On 2010-06-10 18:45, John VanSickle wrote:
> Some of you probably know how I accomplished this.
Only on 77 wins/77 played, myself.
However, I do know that only one of the games in its repertoire is
actually unsolvable.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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Warp wrote:
>> Unfortunately, we're dealing with the Devil here. He'd probably agree to
>> buy my soul in return for the proof of P=NP, and then it turns out that
>> actually P /= NP so I get nothing (but He still gets my soul...)
>
> Of course you have to negotiate. When the scientific community accepts
> the proofs, then the soul ownership is transferred, not before.
Ah. I see you've delt with Satan before? ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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