Subject: RE: [stella] Random Numbers From: KirkIsrael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 20 Feb 2004 03:45:59 -0000 |
> I saw Howard Scott Warshaw at a convention a few years ago and he said > that this was a technique he actually used to generate random numbers. > He used a pseudo-random number algorithm and periodicall re-seeded it > based on the time between moves of the joystick. He pointed out that he > was exploiting the only truly random thing in the system, the user. > "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin." --John von Neumann (1951) Anyone get a chance to look at the latest JoustPong? -- KirkIsrael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://kisrael.com And so I'm leaving / You can find out how much better things can get And if it helps / I'd say I feel a little worse than I did when we met --Dar Williams, "As Cool As I Am" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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