From: Gib Bogle <g.bogle@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG.
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:11:36 +1200
Date: 2011-06-29T09:11:36+12:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iudg27$1ik$3@speranza.aioe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lANXICIpMgCOFAmv@phaedsys.demon.co.uk
On 6/29/2011 4:36 AM, Chris H wrote:
> In message<1bei2e54d4.fsf@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net>, Joe Pfeiffer
> <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes
>> "robin"<robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> writes:
>>
>>> "Georg Bauhaus"<rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote in message
>>> news:4dda09ca$0$6629$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net...
>>> |
>>> | According to Wikipedia, counting all CPUs sold, even the share
>>> | of 8bit 0>> | the numbers.)
>>>
>>> Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
>>
>> It's as reliable as any encyclopedia.
>
> That is the problem we face... stupidity like that.
>
> Wiki is very far from being as reliable as any other encyclopaedia.
...
The problem with Wikipedia is that it required a lot of discretion and
discrimination on the part of the user. It is very good in some areas,
and very unreliable in others (just as some people are reliable sources
of information, and others are not). For example, anything about
political disputes that are still active is subject to capture by
interested parties. More generally, anything controversial is at risk
of being distorted. On the other hand, the more scientific the issue
is, the more reliable the information on Wikipedia. There is still a
considerable element of randomness though, because while some articles
are written by real experts, others are from people without a deep
understanding on the subject.
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2011-04-28 1:14 ` KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG robin
2011-04-28 11:42 ` e p chandler
2011-04-29 1:50 ` David Bernier
2011-04-29 2:09 ` Ian Collins
2011-04-29 3:01 ` Eric Sosman
2011-04-29 3:09 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-08 7:34 ` Uno
2011-05-11 5:38 ` Marni Zollinger
2011-04-29 6:15 ` nmm1
2011-04-29 3:16 ` David Bernier
2011-04-29 2:34 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-04-29 7:04 ` Uno
2011-04-30 10:48 ` robin
2011-05-05 1:12 ` Uno
2011-04-29 15:13 ` Keith Thompson
2011-04-29 17:41 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-04-29 19:53 ` Keith Thompson
2011-05-05 23:38 ` Michael Press
2011-04-29 22:45 ` Seebs
2011-04-30 4:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2011-04-29 22:43 ` Seebs
2011-04-29 9:43 ` robin
2011-05-01 15:31 ` Thad Smith
2011-05-01 19:58 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-02 0:01 ` James Kuyper
2011-05-02 0:42 ` Ian Collins
2011-05-02 2:34 ` James Kuyper
2011-05-02 2:50 ` glen herrmannsfeldt
2011-05-02 4:21 ` Thad Smith
2011-05-02 7:31 ` nmm1
2011-05-23 4:18 ` robin
2011-05-23 7:20 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:52 ` robin
2011-05-23 6:53 ` robin
2011-05-23 7:16 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 7:19 ` robin
2011-06-28 8:44 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2011-06-28 9:19 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 9:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 11:59 ` robin
2011-06-28 12:16 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 15:44 ` Peter Flass
2011-06-28 12:33 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 13:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2011-06-28 22:39 ` Brian Salter-Duke
2011-06-28 12:32 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 13:03 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 14:25 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-28 15:01 ` Chris H
2011-06-29 0:20 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-29 8:38 ` Michael Press
2011-06-28 16:04 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-28 16:36 ` Chris H
2011-06-28 16:51 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-29 0:27 ` James Kuyper
2011-06-29 1:00 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-29 16:48 ` Phil Carmody
2011-06-28 16:52 ` Joe Pfeiffer
2011-06-28 17:06 ` David Bernier
2011-06-28 21:11 ` Gib Bogle [this message]
2011-06-29 4:47 ` Mart van de Wege
2011-07-02 6:49 ` Gib Bogle
2011-07-02 15:59 ` Mart van de Wege
2011-07-02 21:57 ` Gib Bogle
2011-06-29 7:36 ` nmm1
2011-06-29 9:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
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2010-07-25 0:49 ` Gene
2010-07-26 2:50 ` robin
2010-07-27 5:46 ` robin
2010-07-30 10:46 ` Uno
2010-08-03 10:41 ` robin
2010-08-03 17:15 ` James Waldby
2010-08-03 17:35 ` Dann Corbit
2010-08-03 20:34 ` Peter Flass
2010-08-04 4:20 ` Uno
2010-08-04 8:31 ` robin
2010-08-04 7:56 ` robin
2010-08-05 21:07 ` Uno
2010-08-06 10:11 ` robin
2010-08-09 14:52 ` mecej4
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2010-07-27 10:19 ` robin
2010-07-30 8:33 ` Uno
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