Comments on: Pseudo-Random Musings http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2009/05/31/pseudo-random-musings/ Floccinaucinihilipilificating antidisestablishmentarianism since 2001. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2009/05/31/pseudo-random-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-5829 Paul Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:14:02 +0000 http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/?p=1023#comment-5829 I just rolled 16 random dice and I got: 1-5-6- 1-4-6- 1-2-6- 1-2-6- 2-4- 2-4 It wasn't even trying. I just rolled 16 random dice and I got:

1-5-6-
1-4-6-
1-2-6-
1-2-6-

2-4-
2-4

It wasn’t even trying.

]]> By: Doug http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2009/05/31/pseudo-random-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-5616 Doug Sun, 31 May 2009 23:35:38 +0000 http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/?p=1023#comment-5616 Discovering that rand(), the basic one that comes with C, is not at all random seems to be a right of passage for all the physicists in my department. You tear your hair out for a week before someone leans over your shoulder and scoffs "you're not still using rand() are you?". We're not terribly cool... Discovering that rand(), the basic one that comes with C, is not at all random seems to be a right of passage for all the physicists in my department. You tear your hair out for a week before someone leans over your shoulder and scoffs “you’re not still using rand() are you?”.

We’re not terribly cool…

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