Re: Computing Randomness

From: Hal Ruhl <hjr.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:03:49 -0700

Dear Jacques:

At 4/12/01, you wrote:

> Maybe Hal, Russel and Jurgen should take this discussion to email and
> just let us know how it turns out, because I get enough junk mail already.

I have run into those who do not like the side bar approach. I tend to
agree that it cuts all the others out of the chance to participate.


> I don't want to get involved in this, but let me just remind you that
> the complexity of an infinite set of objects is much often lower than the
> complexity of a typical member drawn from that set. I would think no one
> on this list forgets that.

Indeed but the debate is really about a possible fundamental source of true
noise in some selected members of the Everything.

Hal
Received on Thu Apr 12 2001 - 20:08:00 PDT

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