From: AdaMagica <christ-usch.grein@t-online.de>
Subject: Re: Simulating the rolling of dices to produce truly random numbers?
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:45:27 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2018-01-11T04:45:27-08:00 [thread overview]
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Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2018 23:54:46 UTC+1 schrieb Mace Ayres:
> If I choose n among the set 1..500, based on my own sense of randomness, is that random?
Depends on how you choose. If you take 500 cards and shuffle suffiently after each choice, the outcome depends on your shuffling skills. Result might be quite random.
However, if you just write them down in an arbitrary manner on a sheet of paper, the result is definitely not random.
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2018-01-10 15:50 Simulating the rolling of dices to produce truly random numbers? Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 16:52 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 16:55 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 16:59 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 17:00 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 17:16 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 16:55 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 16:58 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 21:07 ` David Brown
2018-01-10 17:20 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2018-01-10 17:22 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 17:32 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 18:15 ` Richard Heathfield
2018-01-10 19:09 ` Robert Wessel
2018-01-10 17:38 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2018-01-10 17:48 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2018-01-10 18:43 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2018-01-10 18:20 ` Scott Lurndal
2018-01-10 18:23 ` Lew Pitcher
2018-01-10 20:29 ` Chris M. Thomasson
2018-01-10 22:54 ` Mace Ayres
2018-01-11 1:31 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2018-01-11 12:45 ` AdaMagica [this message]
2018-01-11 14:40 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2018-01-12 2:32 ` Mace Ayres
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