Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Sat May 25 21:49:28 EDT 2013
In article <15a1bb3a-514c-454e-a966-243c84123be9 at googlegroups.com>,
John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Because someone's got to say it... "The generation of random numbers is too
> important to be left to chance." ‹ Robert R. Coveyou
Absolutely. I know just enough about random number generation to
understand that I don't really know anything about it :-)
That being said, people who really care about random numbers, tend to
rely on some sort of physical process instead of computer algorithms. A
classic example would be /dev/random. A somewhat more fun example is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8LNxGbZbs. Something radioactive and a
geiger counter are a good source of randomness (time intervals between
decay events).
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