Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution

From: Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:00:36 +0000
Subject: Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution
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At 3:04 PM -0500 12/10/07, Daniel Brown wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007 2:28 PM, AmirBehzad Eslami <behzad.eslami@gmail.com> wrote:
For some computer-based simulation, i need to generate random numbers that have a normal distribution.
[snip!] 
    Unfortunately, because computers are logical, there's no such
thing (at least as of yet) as a truly random number being generated by a machine. -- Daniel P. Brown [Phone Numbers Go Here!] [They're Hidden From View!]
Unless the computer is tied to a peripheral that samples nature. In my ancient past I worked with a x-ray detector and we simply truncated to the tens digit -- that was pretty random. tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com

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