Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4b.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'received:openend.se': 0.09; 'received:theraft.openend.se': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; '>on': 0.16; 'cc:addr:lac': 0.16; 'cc:addr:openend.se': 0.16; 'from:addr:lac': 0.16; 'from:addr:openend.se': 0.16; 'from:name:laura creighton': 0.16; 'message-id:@fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'occur.': 0.16; 'received:89.233': 0.16; 'received:89.233.217': 0.16; 'received:89.233.217.133': 0.16; 'received:fido': 0.16; 'received:fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'subject:random': 0.16; 'thread.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'laura': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.21; 'cc:2**1': 0.22; 'referring': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; '2015': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'ticket.': 0.27; 'received:se': 0.29; 'url:wikipedia': 0.29; "skip:' 10": 0.30; 'that.': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.30; 'winning': 0.31; 'url:mailman': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; "he's": 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'tue,': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.39; 'url:en': 0.39; 'real': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'thomas': 0.63; 'talking': 0.67; 'believe': 0.67; 'received:89': 0.80; 'lottery': 0.84; 'subject:Testing': 0.84; 'utc-7,': 0.84 To: Ian Kelly cc: Python , lac@openend.se From: Laura Creighton Subject: Re: Testing random In-Reply-To: Message from Ian Kelly of "Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:58:26 -0600." References: <87oaksowwg.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <1451048.pW9z17ilMA@PointedEars.de> <3158703.Lr4HFMbMOd@PointedEars.de> <1656356.OjxBvjpJ5d@PointedEars.de> <5515034.V7dcXEWAvK@PointedEars.de> <88ba163e-74f4-40fa-ab3e-1feeb051b961@googlegroups.com> <17701105.fuEQZlnPee@PointedEars.de> <2089101.KkvqnN9Xah@PointedEars.de> <5e767961-9a7c-4c70-a821-c66d79675ebf@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <15040.1434533326.1@fido> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:28:46 +0200 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.9 (theraft.openend.se [89.233.217.130]); Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:28:48 +0200 (CEST) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1434533340 news.xs4all.nl 2922 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54885 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:92733 In a message of Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:58:26 -0600, Ian Kelly writes: >On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 4:30 PM, wrote: >> On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 3:01:06 PM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lah= n wrote: >>> This should give you pause: In real mathematics, events with zero >>> probability can occur. >> >> Nobody will disagree with that. The probability of me winning the lott= ery is zero if I don't buy a ticket. > >I believe he's actually referring to this: > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely > >Not that this has anything to do with the probabilities under >discussion in this thread. >-- = >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list I think he is talking about what mathematicians call 'discrepancy': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-discrepancy_sequence Laura