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| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: x === x |
| Date | Wed, 31 May 2017 21:09:40 +0200 |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
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Stefan Ram wrote: > Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> writes: >>An ordinary computer design provides no source of true randomness, > > What is "true randomness"? Uniform distribution of results independent of a start value (seed). “Ordinary computers” can only produce *pseudo*random numbers using a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) that is seeded with a start value. See also: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generation#.22True.22_vs._pseudo-random_numbers> pp. -- PointedEars FAQ: <http://PointedEars.de/faq> | <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix> <https://github.com/PointedEars> | <http://PointedEars.de/wsvn/> Twitter: @PointedEars2 | Please do not cc me./Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
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Re: x === x Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-30 16:21 +0200
Re: x === x John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2017-05-30 19:16 +0100
Re: x === x Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-05-31 08:39 -0700
Re: x === x Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2017-05-31 18:08 +0200
Re: x === x Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-06-02 22:27 +0100
Re: x === x Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-31 21:03 +0200
Re: x === x Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-06-02 22:12 +0100
Re: x === x Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-31 21:09 +0200
Re: x === x Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-01 01:58 +0100
Re: x === x Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-01 05:01 +0200
Re: x === x Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-01 14:44 +0100
Re: x === x Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-06-02 21:15 +0100
Re: x === x Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-01 14:17 +0100
Re: x === x Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-06-01 00:10 -0700
Re: x === x Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-06-02 22:16 +0100
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