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| Started by | Praetor Mandrake <j63840576@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2023-10-02 11:27 -0700 |
| Last post | 2025-07-19 16:49 -0500 |
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limitations of the superverse Praetor Mandrake <j63840576@gmail.com> - 2023-10-02 11:27 -0700
Re: limitations of the superverse Praetor Mandrake <j63840576@gmail.com> - 2023-10-04 02:36 -0700
Re: limitations of the superverse "Pr. Mandrake" <niodoru@hotmail.com> - 2023-10-08 20:33 -0700
Re: limitations of the superverse "Lane \"Stonehowler\" Waldby" <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-07-19 16:49 -0500
| From | Praetor Mandrake <j63840576@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2023-10-02 11:27 -0700 |
| Subject | limitations of the superverse |
| Message-ID | <af9a9701-3ac7-4fa3-9470-d5e2e848e4dfn@googlegroups.com> |
Can random number generators help with the needle in a haystack problem? I contend that they cannot. The only way to choose the needle is to get the one random number mapped to it. All the rest gets hay.
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| From | Praetor Mandrake <j63840576@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2023-10-04 02:36 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <60c3deb5-21b8-418a-8ba6-e37731a68c63n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #35740 |
On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:27:56 PM UTC-5, Praetor Mandrake wrote: > Can random number generators help with the needle in a haystack problem? I contend that they cannot. The only way to choose the needle is to get the one random number mapped to it. All the rest gets hay. By stipulation, you have taken up agreemences.
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| From | "Pr. Mandrake" <niodoru@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2023-10-08 20:33 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <9b30c64b-3bde-43c9-900e-cc679fea3119n@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #35742 |
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 4:36:45 AM UTC-5, Praetor Mandrake wrote: > On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:27:56 PM UTC-5, Praetor Mandrake wrote: > > Can random number generators help with the needle in a haystack problem? I contend that they cannot. The only way to choose the needle is to get the one random number mapped to it. All the rest gets hay. > By stipulation, you have taken up agreemences. What I did here was to attach metal detectors to my missiles, which give feedback to the firing mechanism. Each random shot lets you know how close you came to the needle. It likely won't hit the needle but it can be used as an initial location estimate for the search. The more random missiles fired, the better the estimate. Of course there is an ordnance cost. Setting that is left as an exercise for the reader.
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| From | "Lane \"Stonehowler\" Waldby" <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> |
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| Date | 2025-07-19 16:49 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <me2i83F7cssU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #35740 |
Praetor Mandrake wrote: > Can random number generators help with the needle in a haystack problem? I contend that they cannot. The only way to choose the needle is to get the one random number mapped to it. All the rest gets hay. > The only way to.... Use your imagination, Mandrake. The only way I can see to... -- Hasbro
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