Things you wish you knew?

[NihilSinLulz]

Here's a fun hypothetical: say one day a mysterious man shows up to your house and says he give you information on any topic you could wish to know. No string, no catch, but it can only be about one thing and as he is only a man, he can't tell you the future. What do you wish to know?

For me, I've always been incredibly curious about what the reactions of right-wing politicians, pundits, and celebrities are whenever shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report take a crack at 'em. I mean considering Bill O's temper with his own guests, one can only imagine the incredible levels of butthurt he endures and vocalizes behind closed doors whenever a media outlet or the internet at large lampoons him.

 

[JoJo]

I'd want to know how I could trust him to tell the truth.

But assuming I did, I'd want to know all the answers to cosmology and the universe: where the universe came from, was there a creator(s), what fundamentally is reality made out of? Also, is there a one true perfect moral code and if so, what is it? I would be greatly pleased to find out the answers to these questions.

 

[kurokotetsu]

Math and science. Let me know more math. I may be studying it, and with any luck will continue doing it for the rest of my life. I want to understand better the Riemman zetta function and it's properties and consequences. I want to understand better the Hyquist-Shannon theorem of infortmation. I want to understand Perelman's proof of the Poincarr'e thorem. Let me know more. Let me understand better the Standard Model, Neural Networks. I wanto to keep understanding the world.

And leave it at it's present knowledge though. I could like to make a single contribution to that beatiful landscape.

 

[tippy2k2]

Can't tell the future...so next weeks' lottery is out the door?

I'm really not sure. He can't teach me something, right? Well, he can give me the information but it's up to me to get it to stick (so no asking to instantly know kung-fu or something).

I can write it down I assume, right? Well then I want a very convenient and all-inclusive diet/exercise plan. What do I need to avoid when eating (and actually avoid, none of this "Have three gallons of beet juice and you can eat anything!" crap) and a list and how-to for exercises I can do at home with minimal equipment.

Is Mountain Dew kickstart better for me than regular Mountain Dew (it looks like that on the nutrition thing but there has to be a catch!)? What are cheap foods that are not terrible tasting AND is good for you? What other core exercises can I do besides crunches/leg lifts?

Help me become less of a fatty o'wise one!

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Right now? How the !@#$ to make a Turing Machine that can accept a language composed of two of the same identical string of any numbers of as and bs.

I have been working on this POS assignment problem for 4 hours, and I can't figure it out, and so far the internets have turned up about zero leads. I'm getting really mad. >: (

Captcha: Basket Case.

YES INDEED, CAPTCHA! I AM becoming a basket case!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I want to know the secret to mastering light in film. Once that happens I'll be able to be a DoP.

 

[Queen Michael]

Manga. Or the Japanese language. Or American superhero comics.

 

[FalloutJack]

I wish I knew the secret to time travel. Life could be so much for fun while non-linear.

 

[Random Argument Man]

How to have charm that no one can't resist. From what I've learned in this world we live in, information doesn't matter if presentation isn't up the snuff.

Edited note* Yeah I know, it makes me sad too.

 

[Esotera]

I would ask him to tell me everything and hope that he didn't intepret that in the literal sense and tell me about the philosophical concept. Or possibly maths, I imagine I could get a lot done if I knew everything that had been done up til now.

 

[Yopaz]

I would ask how long term memory works or how short term memory gets transferred to long term memory and vice versa. That would yield a Nobel prize in physiology or medicine and give me enough fame to hold a secure position in the field of molecular biology for years to come.

 

[Nouw]

Comic books, specifically writing them. Pacing, frame composition, the whole shebang.

 

[Keoul]

Hmm I'd like a recipe to a Panacea.
That would be pretty sweet, save tonnes of people and make a heap of cash if I decide to sell it.

 

[spartan231490]

Source code of the universe? Can I know how to change that?

 

[Knife]

Right now? How the !@#$ to make a Turing Machine that can accept a language composed of two of the same identical string of any numbers of as and bs.

I have been working on this POS assignment problem for 4 hours, and I can't figure it out, and so far the internets have turned up about zero leads. I'm getting really mad. >: (

Captcha: Basket Case.

YES INDEED, CAPTCHA! I AM becoming a basket case!

If you're still wondering about that:

Replace first char -
'a' -> 'c'
'b' -> 'd'

Proceed to the end of the string, then replace last char -
'a' -> 'c'
'b' -> 'd'

Return to the second char and so on... untill you reach the middle of the string, if it's of odd length reject.
If it's of even length change the first char of the second half to 'e' and remember what it was -
'a' -> state '1'
'b' -> state '2'

Return to the start and compare the char to the state - if different reject.
If not replace the char with 'e' and return to the next char after the 'e' (in the second half that isn't an 'e') if it's the end char (end of the string) then accept, if not repeat the process.

OP: I would say lottery numbers but you said no future, so... I'd say the login and password (and other details) of the bank account of the richest guy on the planet.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Right now? How the !@#$ to make a Turing Machine that can accept a language composed of two of the same identical string of any numbers of as and bs.

I have been working on this POS assignment problem for 4 hours, and I can't figure it out, and so far the internets have turned up about zero leads. I'm getting really mad. >: (

Captcha: Basket Case.

YES INDEED, CAPTCHA! I AM becoming a basket case!

If you're still wondering about that:

Replace first char -
'a' -> 'c'
'b' -> 'd'

Proceed to the end of the string, then replace last char -
'a' -> 'c'
'b' -> 'd'

Return to the second char and so on... untill you reach the middle of the string, if it's of odd length reject.
If it's of even length change the first char of the second half to 'e' and remember what it was -
'a' -> state '1'
'b' -> state '2'

Return to the start and compare the char to the state - if different reject.
If not replace the char with 'e' and return to the next char after the 'e' (in the second half that isn't an 'e') if it's the end char (end of the string) then accept, if not repeat the process.

OP: I would say lottery numbers but you said no future, so... I'd say the login and password (and other details) of the bank account of the richest guy on the planet.

Lol, I wound up figuring it out shortly after posting. But thanks for the help.

 

[Knife]

Lol, I wound up figuring it out shortly after posting. But thanks for the help.

No problem, computational models can be a real ***** sometimes (though I find it fun how you can achieve so much with something that seems so simple).

 

[McMullen]

He can't tell the future because he's only a man... That would seem to rule out things that no living human knows either. And he can tell me things, but that doesn't guarantee I'll understand them. In that case, he doesn't offer me anything that the Internet cannot.

I would ask him to come in and teach me the most important points in mastering cooking.

 

[freaper]

I would like to know his best question to the answer 42.

 

[Feedmeketamine]

is there anything after death