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People who actually understand information theory know why that argument is facile.
by bdrool 10y ago
People who actually understand information theory know why that argument is facile.
- setra 10y agoReally? Why not explain why this is wrong instead of just attacking. I could very well randomly generate material "owned" by someone. As the size increases the chance goes down to being very low of course.
- myle 10y agohttp://math.stackexchange.com/a/216578 http://math.stackexchange.com/a/216578
- novaleaf 10y agoif I understand the concept correctly, basically it's wrong because your index/seed values will be much more complex than the data you are supposedly extracting. So basically you have to already know the data you want in order to "find" it in pi.
- dang 10y agoPlease don't call names or be rude. If you know more than others, a good way to comment here is to teach some of what you know. If you don't want to do that, posting nothing is also an option. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12517875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12517875 and marked it off-topic.