but that doesn't appear to invalidate the theory - just like a digital camera picture, you can take 1mb and 5mb pictures of a single event and gleen as much information from each picture, its just that one picture will be more detailed.cdd wrote:
A finite REPRESENTATION of events, all discrete. A bit like:
From 1 to 5, there is a finite number of numbers, 1 2 3 4 and 5.
Go into more detail (a.k.a. get a bigger screen) and there is 1.0, 1.1 .... 1.9 and so on, producing 50 numbers.
Theoretically there are an infinite number of numbers. Same applies to your image, but you're contraining the quality to an 800 x 600 canvas.
i think my original description of this theory is incorrect, although you can see images from the future and past, you would never know if they were true.cdd wrote:Also, what do you have to say on events or existences which are known to be impossible but which appear in this "time machine"?
i may have an algorithm which works, i'll make something a bit later which can go through all the permutations - i'd just like to see how small i can get the image whilst still having meaningful information in it.