From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.222.3 with SMTP id v3mr15745911iog.8.1515674728596; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:45:28 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.11.12 with SMTP id a12mr81769ota.8.1515674728513; Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:45:28 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!i6no472692itb.0!news-out.google.com!b73ni9194ita.0!nntp.google.com!i6no472691itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:45:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0f1048d2-187c-4578-ae7b-d209e229bfbe@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2003:c7:83cd:cad8:a86e:a2b:ead1:7d4a; posting-account=rmHyLAoAAADSQmMWJF0a_815Fdd96RDf NNTP-Posting-Host: 2003:c7:83cd:cad8:a86e:a2b:ead1:7d4a References: <0f1048d2-187c-4578-ae7b-d209e229bfbe@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8f2e0ccd-10c8-40c6-a2e4-6d17ba2bc250@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Simulating the rolling of dices to produce truly random numbers? From: AdaMagica Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:45:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 1753 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3426785966 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:49866 Date: 2018-01-11T04:45:27-08:00 List-Id: 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.