At 10:12 AM -0500 12/12/07, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:59 -0500, tedd wrote:
At 5:15 PM -0500 12/10/07, Daniel Brown wrote:
> Just for fun, I decided to write out an algorithm to randomize
>with a never-known seed that would update constantly, with no human or
>external script intervention required to initiate or maintain it.
[1]My guess is that if there was a time that this <whatever> did not
exist, but now does exist, then it cannot be random. It may be random
for a billion years, or more, but it would eventually repeat.
[2]However, it something started at the instant of the big-bang, then
its repeat cycle would be at least equal-to, or greater-than, known
time and thus random.
Just because something doesn't repeat doesn't make it random. It may be
that Pi never repeats and yet we know it is not random.
Cheers,
Rob.
Yes, that's a good observation, but look to rule [1] -- when did Pi come about?
Again, it's one of those food for thought arguments.
Cheers,
tedd
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