[project1dev] Re: random numbers

  • From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:53:39 -0700

Haha yeah, I had a lot of fun with random

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i'll bet if it comes from the middle school days of making starfields in
> qbasic and ti basic :P
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:58 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> yeah i guessed it right too :-P
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> i like the twist.  I made the "right call" on which one was more random
>>> at first, but then he drops the surprise on you and tells you how he got
>>> those "random numbers" hehe (ie the Pi thing)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> After reading that article all I have to say is well duh. If it were
>>>> truly random that there is an equal chance of the points being spread out 
>>>> as
>>>> much as the points could all be in the exact same place.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> neat article (:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/04/perceiving-randomness-egalitarian-bias.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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