Re: x === x

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject	Re: x === x
Date	Thu, 01 Jun 2017 05:01:42 +0200
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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>> 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).
> 
> A very simple function can generate numbers with a uniform distribution
> that is independent of any seed.  For example, a function producing
> 1, 1, 1... meets that definition.  If you want some variation, so does,
> 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3...

Apparently you missed the important word “random” here.

> I don't know of an uncontroversial and universally agreed-upon definition,
> so I won't try to offer one.

One thing is clear, though: patterns are the opposite of randomness.

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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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