Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution
| From: | tedd | Date: | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:40:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution | ||
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At 10:12 AM -0500 12/12/07, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:59 -0500, tedd wrote:Yes, that's a good observation, but look to rule [1] -- when did Pi come about? Again, it's one of those food for thought arguments. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.comAt 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.[1]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. [2]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.Just because something doesn't repeat doesn't make it random. It may be that Pi never repeats and yet we know it is not random. Cheers, Rob.