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Re: rolling dice is not random?

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On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:45:21 -0700, noTthaTguY wrote:

> here is an interesting problem:
> how cam you truncate a tetrahedron, once,
> to make a one fifth chance for ech facet.  then,
> how can you truncate it twice, to make a fair sixfold die
> 

I don't bother with mechanics to obtain my "randomness."

I use the true randomness within white noise via my computer
sound card:

https://www.vanheusden.com/aed/

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rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-21 17:47 -0400
  Re: rolling dice is not random? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-10-21 22:13 +0000
  Re: rolling dice is not random? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 22:22 +0000
    Re: rolling dice is not random? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 17:37 -0500
      Re: rolling dice is not random? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 22:54 +0000
        Re: rolling dice is not random? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-10-21 23:19 +0000
          Re: rolling dice is not random? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-21 23:34 +0000
          Re: rolling dice is not random? noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 17:45 -0700
            Re: rolling dice is not random? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-10-22 04:14 +0000
  Re: rolling dice is not random? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-22 09:45 +1100
    Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-21 20:12 -0400
      Re: rolling dice is not random? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-22 12:04 +1100
        Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-21 22:21 -0400
          Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-22 18:56 +1100
            Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. "Andrew" <andrew.321remov@usa.net> - 2015-10-22 03:09 -0700
            Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-22 16:36 -0400
              Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 23:49 -0400
            Re: The Ensemble Interpretation. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-23 11:32 +1100
              Re: The Ensemble Interpretation. Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-22 20:40 -0400
                Re: The Ensemble Interpretation. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-23 11:50 +1100
            Re: The Ensemble Interpretation. noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 17:33 -0700
          Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. The BORG <borg@future.com> - 2015-10-24 15:27 +0100
            Re: "Life" is virtual, not real. Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-10-25 13:54 +1100
  Re: rolling dice is not random? bilgat@m.nu - 2015-10-21 18:46 -0500
    Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-21 20:13 -0400
  Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-21 22:48 -0400
    Re: rolling dice is not random? John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2015-10-22 09:57 +0100
      Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-22 16:32 -0400
        Re: rolling dice is not random? John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2015-10-22 22:53 +0100
          Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-22 19:36 -0400
            Re: rolling dice is not random? John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2015-10-23 10:26 +0100
              Re: rolling dice is not random? "Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@sci.research.careers.i.have.shorter.stature.can.i.grow.taller> - 2015-10-24 09:56 +0000
          Re: rolling dice is not random? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 19:20 -0500
            Re: rolling dice is not random? R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-10-23 00:38 +0000
  Re: rolling dice is not random? Hans Wussel <hanswussel@openmailbox.org> - 2015-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: rolling dice is not random? Dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2015-10-22 16:38 -0400
      Re: rolling dice is not random? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 14:21 -0700
      Re: rolling dice is not random? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 15:41 -0700
        Re: rolling dice is not random? "Raymond Luxury Yacht" <invalid@example.com> - 2015-10-22 19:37 -0700
        Re: rolling dice is not random? benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 22:58 -0400
          Re: rolling dice is not random? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 09:51 -0700
  Re: rolling dice is not random? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-24 14:56 -0700
  Re: rolling dice is not random? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-26 13:13 -0700
    Re: rolling dice is not random? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-26 15:31 -0700
      pi for .. those guys noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 12:29 -0700
      Re: rolling dice is not random? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 12:45 -0700

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