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Hmm. I know that if I do some massive file transferring, it's REALLY slow (straight away). I also know that said sloth is not a function of page-file (HDD) activity. An interesting question - for which I have no interesting (or come to that, uninteresting) answer (unfortunately).

Randomness cannot exist in a deterministic universe. And to my mind, the universe we inhabit is deterministic. Ergo - yes, there is no randomness.

An interesting point, GBU. I think 'real-world' applies to the Newtonian rather than the quantum domain. The real world extends as far as the point at which the division of a particle still produces particles of matter with all the attendant properties thereof ... but no further.

Infinity is not an EXTENSION of real-world. Just as division by zero is mathematically impermissible, so to is multiplication by Infinity (same 'calculation'). The Universe is composed of a finite number of particles. Which means that there is a maximum real-world number. This is the total...

Post-script on Infinity. I'm not sure it gets you anywhere to think about what is 'at the edge' of the Universe (say you could be at the leading edge of the explosion that was the Big Bang). We cannot escape dimensionality (the Universe). We cannot exist outside it. Thinking of the...

Ask yourself what Infinity is. It's non-finiteness. What is finiteness ? It's dimensionality. What is dimensionality ? It's that which can be measured - or measurability. And to be measurable, something must be finite. Non-dimensionality (ie - undividedness) cannot exist within a...

Originally posted by Chcarnage: ---------------- ".000000000000-infiti-0001%" is zero. (This one has been around a few times in ATOT) ---------------- Infinity cannot exist within a finite universe. IOW, you cannot use Inifinity to make real-world calculations.

Originally posted by: Mark R ------------------- Yes, you are. You are 184,756 times likely to get 10 heads and 10 tails, than 20 tails. However, it is equally likely to get 10 heads then 10 tails, as 20 tails. -------------------- Doesn't sound right. The probability of getting a...

WiFi uses a lot more power than Bluetooth - so battery life is a first stumbling block. It's also a much more complex technology - so more hardware and cost. Basically, a commercial non-starter.