Re: VMs: Re: NSU review of Rugg (2003)...

[Gordon Rugg <g.rugg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Elmar,

Thanks - yes, this is what I meant.

Best wishes,

Gordon

elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hullo,
>
> Gabriel -- Occam's Razor as applied by Gordon doesn't prove anything, it's just
> a rule of thumb.
>
> You are right is as far as it's impossible to _prove_ that any coded text is
> gibberish. But Gordon wrote about the "economical explanation"; I think he
> meant something along the lines of "common sense would suggest, if it quacks
> like a duck, walks like a duck, and looks like a duck..."
>
> Cheers,
>
>    Elmar
>
> P.S.: Sorry for the duplicate of my previous post.
>
> Zitat von Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > On Friday 19 December 2003 08:52, Gordon Rugg wrote:
> > >...
> > > I'm saying that _if_ all the features of the VMS can be accounted for by
> > > possibility 1 above, then that's the most economical explanation.
> >
> > I am still not to convinced with this. I think option 1 is undecidable
> > ...
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Gabriel
> >
>
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