Re: Who wants to be a millionaire

At 06:10 PM 10/4/01 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:

It would be necessary to reduce the criteria used by the purchaser into algorithmic form. Write a program which would take the data and produce a yes/no answer.

I don't think this is possible --the inputs (e.g., scan newsfeeds for "bin Laden" and "funeral"; or require a weekly warm-biometric check from the dude) could always be spoofed. The program has to be such that even if the seller knows

the program, he can't produce fake data which would fool the program.

I don't see how this is possible; some set of inputs must trigger a payoff.