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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: x === x |
| Date | 2017-06-01 01:58 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87bmq8y14q.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <JavaScript-20170530123255@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <2563985.e9J7NaK4W3@PointedEars.de> <42992d96-86e3-4224-b011-5cb32f610a83@googlegroups.com> <randomness-20170531165035@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <1566693.VLH7GnMWUR@PointedEars.de> |
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... I don't know of an uncontroversial and universally agreed-upon definition, so I won't try to offer one. <snip> -- Ben.
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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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