Re: Random numbers

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On 10/20/2017 10:40 PM, Julio Di Egidio wrote:
> On Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 6:52:20 AM UTC+2, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 10/19/2017 10:25 PM, Julio Di Egidio wrote:
>>> On Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 11:21:48 PM UTC+2, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's hard to capture how "random" something that is usually entirely
>>>> deterministic should be.  I think the best bet is to stick with the
>>>> obvious intent behind the original wording.
>>>
>>> One is usually after distributions with some properties, then there is
>>> the relevant mathematics.  OTOH, true randomness is not easy to capture.
>>
>> Fwiw, this is OT wrt the lang sorry, but here is a little "RNG" I made
> 
> Have you though about sticking am electrometer into an apple?

;^)

> Yes, it's just OT for this group: I was simply correcting some pretty basic
> nonsense, security is not a joke.  As for a technical answer, I had given
> that initially.  (EOD.)

No problem at all. Fwiw, I have always liked the way a race-condition in 
a multi-threaded synchronization algorithm creates random results.

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Random numbers emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2017-10-19 07:35 -0400
  Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-19 05:03 -0700
  Re: Random numbers Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-19 21:06 +0200
    Re: Random numbers "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-10-19 12:10 -0700
      Re: Random numbers Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-19 22:04 +0200
        Re: Random numbers "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-10-19 13:41 -0700
          Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-19 22:58 +0200
            Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-10-24 13:05 -0700
              Re: Measuring time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-25 00:59 +0200
                Re: Measuring time Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-10-25 13:36 -0700
                Re: Measuring time Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-26 19:21 +0200
              Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2017-10-26 10:45 +0200
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-10-26 12:27 +0200
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-26 19:04 +0200
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georg@michna.com> - 2017-10-28 11:05 +0200
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-10-29 03:03 -0700
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-29 17:56 +0100
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2017-10-29 15:12 -0700
                Re: Measuring time Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2017-10-29 17:35 -0500
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-30 13:00 +0100
                Re: Measuring time (was: Random numbers) Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2017-10-26 14:13 -0400
  Re: Random numbers Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-10-19 22:21 +0100
    Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-19 22:25 -0700
      Re: Random numbers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2017-10-20 21:52 -0700
        Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-20 22:40 -0700
          Re: Random numbers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2017-10-21 12:40 -0700
            Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-21 12:57 -0700
              Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-21 12:59 -0700
                Re: Random numbers "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2017-10-22 16:37 -0700
                Re: Random numbers Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-10-22 17:23 -0700
  Re: Random numbers emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2017-10-20 20:32 -0400
    Re: Random numbers "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-10-21 09:47 -0700
      Re: Random numbers emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2017-10-22 14:55 -0400
        Re: Random numbers emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2017-10-27 22:23 -0400
          Re: Random numbers Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-10-28 18:54 +0200

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