Copyright © 2003, 2004 by Martin Rodgers
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| Revision 0.01 | 2003-01-22 | Revised by: mcr |
| Created basic SGML file. | ||
| Revision 0.02 | 2003-02-04 | Revised by: mcr |
| Fixed a few bugs. Added some more text (More practice than theory). Added some code! (Hacking the Halting Problem & Hacking Uncertainty) Added an outline for Virtual Machines. Added an outline for Appreciate the Problem. | ||
| Revision 0.03 | 2003-02-06 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added some more text to the outline for Virtual Machines. Added some more text to the outline for Appreciate the Problem. | ||
| Revision 0.04 | 2003-02-10 | Revised by: mcr |
| Retitled various sections. Minimal changes to structure and text. | ||
| Revision 0.05 | 2003-02-16 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added the Familiar Ground section (unspecified behaviour in ANSI C etc) Retitled various sections. (Was: Introduction / More practice than theory / More theory than practice / Appreciate the Problem / Conclusion / References: books References: links). Small changes to structure and text. | ||
| Revision 0.06 | 2003-02-26 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added the "An open question" subsection to the "Appreciate the Problem" section. | ||
| Revision 0.07 | 2003-03-25 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added "An Invitation to Algorithmic Information Theory" to the links appendix. Added "The Emperor's New Mind" to the books appendix. | ||
| Revision 0.08 | 2003-03-27 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added "EFF DES Cracker Project" to the links appendix. Added Ross Anderson's homepage to the links appendix. Added Rudy Rucker's homepage to the links appendix. Added id tags to book and links entries. | ||
| Revision 0.09 | 2003-03-31 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a skeleton section on process automation. Added a skeleton section on security. Added some flesh to the spam and crypto sections. | ||
| Revision 0.10 | 2003-04-01 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added RFC3514 to the links appendix. | ||
| Revision 0.11 | 2003-04-17 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a little bit (Turing Complete) to appreciation/security. Changed title for appreciation from "Appreciate the Problem" to "Appreciating the Problem". Added a theory section, with turing/turingcomplete/turingequiv subsections. Only a skeleton so far. (Turing is looking a bit thin!) | ||
| Revision 0.12 | 2003-04-20 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added a counting subsection (Counting haltable programs) to the problem (The halting problem) section. Added a physicallimits (Physical Limits) subsection the problem section. | ||
| Revision 0.13 | 2003-04-21 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added the omega (Omega Probability) subsection the problem section. | ||
| Revision 0.14 | 2004-02-26 | Revised by: mcr |
| Added the hourglass subsection the appreciation section. Added 2004 to the copyright. | ||
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