Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:09:02 01/19/05
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On January 19, 2005 at 10:25:35, P L Patodia wrote: >You cannot be sure of 2066 because prediction in Computers >and Chess are very difficult to make. > >Slight disgress: > >20 years ago, mathematicians were saying that we cannot factor >70 digit numbers. Today factoring 70 digits number is very >simply. The numbers of 129 digits (I am talking about general >numbers not with any specific properties) are broken by computer >scientists. > >How do you know what will happen tomorrow? That's on the one hand. On the other hand, his estimate is certainly as good as any other. When it comes to predicting the future, even the smartest humans tend to make poor prophets.
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