Recent content by sid1138

A random noise generator attached to the COM port, PCI bus, or other input is a random input, but does not produce unpredictable outcomes. The reason being is that given input X, the program will execute instruction Y. While it may not be possible to determine ahead of time what X will be, it...

No, I am saying that there are factors that are unaccountable - not unaccounted. You can call it random response, inspiration, intuition, free will, genius, or stupidity. What ever it is, it is not deterministic. The output is a non-linear response to the inputs. The output result can only...

So, while you could predict human outcomes with a high-degree of probability, that is not the same as being able to deterministically know the outcome. While the threat of blowing some brains across the room is real, maybe the person you are threatening is feeling suicidal and would love you to...

Free Will, Computers, Etc. The original question is an interesting one, and goes to determinism. The computer algorithm used to write the game is completely deterministic. While it may take some analysis to determine the current and future states, that analysis is, at least, possible. The...