Re: 4. Is there any problem a computer cannot solve?

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Posted by Mixednutt on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 05:23:50 :

In Reply to: 4. Is there any problem a computer cannot solve? posted by ELDRAS on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 23:38:38 :

well, in the early versions of windows 95, when one punched in the equation 1+1, the calculator would spit out 1.9999..., but that more speaks for those goons over at Microsoft;)

Well, computers cannot predict the future absolutely. Computers can get close to predicting what 2 particles will do after coliding, but past 2 it becomes nearly impossibly weighed down with equations. It has been stated that computers cannot predict the future past 2 particle interactions.

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