More random numbers
Mark P. Antunes (antunes@seas.ucla.edu)
Sun, 26 Nov 95 17:16:36 -0800
Just to throw my opinion into the pot about Random numbers: I don't think that
computer generated random numbers are truly random. Some functions use a seed,
and others might use the clock, but there is still a higher probability to
reproduce the event so that the same number is produced. If I was to go around
to people and ask them to tell me a number between 1 and 10, I don't think that
the answer will be random. Things stick in our heads that would not let us
just spin a wheel to select a random number.
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