Re: Making random numbers. An idea.

From	Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: Making random numbers. An idea.
Date	2021-01-19 18:51 +0000
Organization	Fix this later
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On 19/01/2021 15:46, H e wrote:
> How to make them for example?
> 
> First need: Functions for calculating with as big numbers as possible.
> Now it is needed to calculate values of sequence:
> √1, √2, √3,√4,√5 and so on.

These are not random numbers.

> It will take numbers from the digits in n=5(for example) number groups.
> In the meanwhile it is needed to get mouse positions, to make the sequence more random.

Neither are these.

> The looking for mouse locations starts, when the page is loaded. Mouse location x,y will produce 5 digit number.

These values will cluster around interactive features (links, buttons, 
drop-down menus, etc), because that's where the mouse pointer spends 
most of its time.

  > When getting new random number, the idea is make the sequence as 
random as possible.

If it's a sequence, it isn't random.

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