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| From | Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: x === x |
| Date | 2017-06-02 21:15 +0100 |
| Organization | Home |
| Message-ID | <iMWRWmHEdcMZFwa7@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <42992d96-86e3-4224-b011-5cb32f610a83@googlegroups.com> <randomness-20170531165035@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <1566693.VLH7GnMWUR@PointedEars.de> <87bmq8y14q.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <1917432.Icojqenx9y@PointedEars.de> |
In comp.lang.javascript message <1917432.Icojqenx9y@PointedEars.de>, Thu, 1 Jun 2017 05:01:42, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> posted: >One thing is clear, though: patterns are the opposite of randomness. No. All possible output sequences must be equi-probable; and a random fifteen-digit generator must be just as likely to generate 238462643383279 as to generate 141592653589793 or 111112222233333. A PRNG is cannot be deemed faulty because it produces any such sequence - only if it does so too often or not often enough. The string 3477151372431 may look random; but it is actually 1e12 to base 9. It pseudo-unexpectedly contains no instances of 0 6 8 - and as expected it contains no 9. As I recall, all finite decimal digit sequences occur infinitely often in the exact decimal value of Pi. -- (c) John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ¬@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Merlyn Web Site < > - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links.
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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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