On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, omd wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:41 PM, omd <c.ome...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Past only. future clearly not included. > > > > The future is certainly "needed to interpret its current and future > > behavior". > > Or, to use your other quote, it must be in the state if the state > "describes enough about the system to determine its future behaviour."
Yes, but you don't use that future information until you get to it, at which time it's the present. -G.