Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution

At 3:13 PM +0100 12/12/07, Jochem Maas wrote:

tedd wrote:

At 5:15 PM -0500 12/10/07, Daniel Brown wrote:

    Just for fun, I decided to write out an algorithm to randomize

with a never-known seed that would update constantly, with no human or external script intervention required to initiate or maintain it.

My guess is that if there was a time that this <whatever> did not exist, but now does exist, then it cannot be random. It may be random for a billion years, or more, but it would eventually repeat. However, it something started at the instant of the big-bang, then its repeat cycle would be at least equal-to, or greater-than, known time and thus random. Cheers, tedd

tedd your as sick as Rob :-)

Thank you. That puts me in good company. Sick minds think alike. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com