Re: Generating Random Numbers with Normal Distribution

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 12:40 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 10:12 AM -0500 12/12/07, Robert Cummings wrote: > >On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:59 -0500, 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. > >> > >> > >> [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. > > > Yes, that's a good observation, but look to rule [1] -- when did Pi come about? You mean guess [1] :) At any rate I'm not sure how assertion [1] affects the observation. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ...........................................................