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Re: picking a new random seed

by Jane Sullivan <jane@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 31, 2008 at 07:13 AM

In message <47a0f4e1$0$25480$ba620dc5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, jk 
<*axy*@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>so, there's no real RANDOM in computing (as I've read somewhere in the
old days)

I thought the favoured terminology was "pseudo-random", i.e. a sequence 
of pseudo-random numbers passes all statistical tests for randomness, 
but it can be reproduced by resetting the seed to the value used for its 
generation.
-- 
Jane Sullivan




 12 Posts in Topic:
picking a new random seed
Charles Brenner <cbren  2008-01-26 17:01:18 
Re: picking a new random seed
Sam Sirlin <swsirlin@[  2008-01-26 17:47:00 
Re: picking a new random seed
"Curtis A. Jones&quo  2008-01-27 13:33:38 
Re: picking a new random seed
Phil Last <phil.last@[  2008-01-27 15:01:01 
Re: picking a new random seed
"Curtis A. Jones&quo  2008-01-28 09:09:42 
Re: picking a new random seed
Phil Last <phil.last@[  2008-01-28 10:08:42 
Re: picking a new random seed
rbe <bernecky@[EMAIL P  2008-01-29 06:15:33 
Re: picking a new random seed
Charles Brenner <cbren  2008-01-29 21:37:30 
Re: picking a new random seed
"James J. Weinkam&qu  2008-01-30 21:57:05 
Re: picking a new random seed
"jk" <*axy*@  2008-01-30 23:06:17 
Re: picking a new random seed
Jane Sullivan <jane@[E  2008-01-31 07:13:48 
Re: picking a new random seed
Charles Brenner <cbren  2008-02-03 13:59:35 

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