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Old 27-10-2009, 12:37 AM
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Hi Carl

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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
Be very careful about using computers ...like all tools, they're only as good as those that use them.
In my experience, most tools are much better than the fools using them ...

To me, Rob seemed to be saying that these cosmology guys playing with computers in Granada were fools who had no idea about complex ideas like GIGO. Do you agree?

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What they're great for is [...] constructing representations of theoretical models
Which is exactly the thing that Rob was complaining about -- using computers to represent/simulate theoretical models is dangerous. You're saying they're "great". So how come you guys are agreeing?? You should be at each other's throats!!

BTW, my guess is that you haven't written any code either, right?

Steve.
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