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 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx35.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Wessel Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada,comp.programming,comp.databases.xbase.fox,comp.lang.clipper Subject: Re: Simulating the rolling of dices to produce truly random numbers? Message-ID: References: <1bshbdljfk.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <66jc5d9lmlk2r5gediaoq8rp2to2svs024@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.20.32.1218 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: Forte - www.forteinc.com X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:09:56 -0600 X-Received-Bytes: 1659 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3101654043 X-Original-Bytes: 1515 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.c:204221 comp.lang.ada:49856 comp.programming:20481 comp.databases.xbase.fox:198 comp.lang.clipper:3116 Date: 2018-01-10T13:09:56-06:00 List-Id: On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:15:05 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote: >On 10/01/18 17:32, Robert Wessel wrote: > > > >> QM (in its modern form) is considered a massively >> solid theory, backed by masses of >> evidence[... It] is also incomplete, and in conflict >> with relativity's understanding of gravity [...]. >> Which is why the search for the so-called >> "Theory-of-Everything", is such a thing... > >I suppose it's almost too obvious to mention, especially as there are so >many great minds involved in the search --- but has anyone looked behind >the settee? Well, that would certainly be embarrassing... I wonder if any of my socks are back there too?