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Message ID: 19629
Date: Mon Jun 12 20:39:26 BST 2000
Author: beatdropbattledrum@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Random Number Generators
--- In eqbards@egroups.com, Jeffrey Sue <jsue@r...> wrote:
> heh, i'd be willing to bet they are using the built in c code
random number generator.
> the problem is you are just using your perceptions of what
happens. and what sticks
> out is going to be the anomaly. if you sat down for an hour and
kept clicking the song
> icon and tracked how many fails and when they occurred in relation
to the others, i would
> think that you would find that it is random.
>
> i mean take a roulette wheel. it's almost a 50/50 chance for red
or black to come up. strings
> of 10+ red or 10+ black are hardly uncommon.