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<P><FONT SIZE=2>We can't just think based on current tech. or logic.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>For example, quantum computing uses complex numbers as probability.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>So dividing by zero or system crash cause problems only on our computers.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>There is no way to say there are such problems on "the universe".</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If life is a simulation, it's just very reasonable for human beings to ask for such adjustment buttons</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to change our life once and for all.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>If life is not a simulation, such adjustment buttons still could exist somewhere in the universe</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(because nobody really knows why and how comes the universe).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Walter.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [<A HREF="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</A>] On Behalf Of Mike Lorrey</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I think that's a bit too much to expect, as such buttons would create</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the sort of instabilities I spoke of the other day. I suspect that most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>such 'buttons' typically wind up triggering the creation of black holes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and other singularity functions which are essentially the result of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>dividing by zero. If you want to screw around with such things, they'd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have to be more than just theories or papers, you'd have to build a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>physical mechanism that operated such a function.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Then you'd have to deal with entities in the future light cone who</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>would take unkindly to people screwing around with such toys that would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>impact their past timeline. Charlie Stross' unseen character The</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Eschaton in "Singularity Sky" is one such.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [<A HREF="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</A>] On Behalf Of scerir</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Walter, It crashes automatically after enough applications are run upon</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>The question is whether or not the existing information (or which portion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of the existing information) is preserved. Not sure this post, and your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>question, would be preserved, after next MS-Uniwows reboot.</FONT>
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