Re: Proof that DDD specifies non-halting behavior --- Mike correcting Joes and thus Fred too

Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> wrote:

On 16/08/2024 22:03, Jeff Barnett wrote:

You're right about the "white night" thing.

To Mike and Jeff.  PLEASE, it's KNIGHT, not night.  ;-)  Nights tend not
to be white, even if there's a full moon.

[ .... ]

For some time at the beginning I continued because I was curious about
the details of what PO had coded (his x86utm program), and I just enjoy
mucking about with different code hence my curiosity.  Also I have the
white night syndrome I guess - but no illusions that I can help PO.
Most of my early days on Usenet were spent on groups like
alt.math.undergrad, where posters were typically students who were
motivated to learn and so listened to what the regulars had to say.
Compare that to sci.math which has almost no students, and instead has
dozens of cranks whose aim is definitely /not/ to learn anything!

Actually, most of the cranks on sci.math posted via Google, and ceased
posting there after Google shut down their NNTP service (thankfully).  I
think there's just one left, one who figures in Joes's sig.

[ .... ]

Mike.

Part of what I'm saying above is that all of us who participate in
this nonsense have some needs that fit in to the repetition. And those
needs not only fit in but also suck us all in. I really wish that
Underwood Dudley was still around to write another book exposing the
muddled psychology of those who are drawn to the flame of logical and
mathematical ideas without any real understanding.  Perhaps we should
label that whole batch as "Math Moths".

:-)

--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).