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To: Ichneumon
so am I, and I know you get exactly what you program.
50 posted on 01/23/2004 4:35:06 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: Mr. K
so am I, and I know you get exactly what you program.

Yes, you get an analysis of the problem, which is *not* the "any result you want" you implied.

If I model a calculation of the square root process, and I use it to get a result showing that the square root of three is 1.7320508, is that only because I *want* it to be that, or because it *is* that? Can I "make" the square root of three to be "any result I want"? No, I can not.

Computer models are used to analyze processes and tell the people using them what happens under certain circumstances, not so that *they* can tell" the model what happens.

If that's how *you* model things, you've been doing it all wrong.

I repeat, you're grossly misrepresenting the nature and use of computer modeling.

I've been a programmer for thirty-two years. How about you?

51 posted on 01/23/2004 4:49:27 PM PST by Ichneumon
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