Say... what the?

[Thanatos]

Zelaron: are you aware of how "simulated randomness" works?
bwjiz: err.. no
Zelaron: generally, NOTHING is random on a computer
Zelaron: randomness does not exist, only simulated randomness
bwjiz: why isnt anything random?
Zelaron: for instance, if you would want to pick a "random" number ouf of 100, you would have to find something local to use
Zelaron: the most common thing to use is the computer clock, calculating its uptime in miliseconds
Zelaron: if the ms counter ends with the numbers 95, your random number could be just that, 95, or if it's 42, your random pick your be 42
Zelaron: of course, this isn't random, but since the counter changes so rapidly, it would seem like it's random
bwjiz: hmm
bwjiz: interesting
Zelaron: of course, there are ways to trick with this, for instance, by stopping your computer clock (which would usually cause your computer to crash, but it could work)
bwjiz: lol
Zelaron: now, there seems to be no way around this, and to get real randomness just isn't possible, even in theory
Zelaron: now, in real life, things just don't seem as "random" as they should be, some things are just affected by "destiny"
Zelaron: a guy who wins a game of russian roulette tends to be more lucky than others in some cases, even though he really shouldn't be
Zelaron: so my guess is that there is a computer controlling life that tends to mess up every now and then
Zelaron: =P
bwjiz: lol
Zelaron: or the programmers who made us just did a bad work on the random function
bwjiz: riiiiiight..
Zelaron: oh, shut up
you can't prove me wrong

[Randuin]

rofl he's right :)

[Strider Fury]

riiiiiight..

[Thanatos]

Exactley what I said.

[Chruser]

I was thinking about moving this to the Conspiracy Forum, but it's not really a conspiracy after all.

[Randuin]

heh we understand it! :D

[Jamesadin]

He had the exact same conversation with me.

[Chruser]

It was based on the same thing, but it wasn't the exact same conversation. :)

[Jamesadin]

yeah, it was much shorter...but it was on the same subject.

[!King_Amazon!]

So what if we get trojan'd?

[Adrenachrome]

Originally posted by Jamesadin
He had the exact same conversation with me.

My conversations with Chruser consist of:

Me: I got a question.
Me 10 mins later: Are you alive or just out Chrusin?

2 days later:
Him: Hey there :D

Me 2 hours later: I got a question.
Back to top.

[DKWicked]

I just randomly decided to read this thread.......isnt it amazing! WOW

[JiN-RaiDeN]

Haha, I get the same thing Adrena. Or 4 in the morning I'll tend to get a random message with lots of hypothetical term usage.

[Grav]

Originally posted by JiN-RaiDeN
Haha, I get the same thing Adrena. Or 4 in the morning I'll tend to get a random message with lots of hypothetical term usage.

He's been doing this to me since 2001 >_<

[JiN-RaiDeN]

Zelaron is definitely jocking the copy and paste feature.

[Shpook]

Hey, its there for a reason. You know, theres a personality test thingy that psychs use based on random number. they tell you to pick a random number between 1 and 23 or something, and analyze why you picked the number you picked.

[Penguin]

Chruser always has wierd shit to say/bring up on aim... =0

[JRwakebord]

assuming he ever responds

["CRØNîC-KîLLå"]

Originally posted by Jizmo
Zelaron: are you aware of how "simulated randomness" works?
bwjiz: err.. no
Zelaron: generally, NOTHING is random on a computer
Zelaron: randomness does not exist, only simulated randomness
bwjiz: why isnt anything random?
Zelaron: for instance, if you would want to pick a "random" number ouf of 100, you would have to find something local to use
Zelaron: the most common thing to use is the computer clock, calculating its uptime in miliseconds
Zelaron: if the ms counter ends with the numbers 95, your random number could be just that, 95, or if it's 42, your random pick your be 42
Zelaron: of course, this isn't random, but since the counter changes so rapidly, it would seem like it's random
bwjiz: hmm
bwjiz: interesting
Zelaron: of course, there are ways to trick with this, for instance, by stopping your computer clock (which would usually cause your computer to crash, but it could work)
bwjiz: lol
Zelaron: now, there seems to be no way around this, and to get real randomness just isn't possible, even in theory
Zelaron: now, in real life, things just don't seem as "random" as they should be, some things are just affected by "destiny"
Zelaron: a guy who wins a game of russian roulette tends to be more lucky than others in some cases, even though he really shouldn't be
Zelaron: so my guess is that there is a computer controlling life that tends to mess up every now and then
Zelaron: =P
bwjiz: lol
Zelaron: or the programmers who made us just did a bad work on the random function
bwjiz: riiiiiight..
Zelaron: oh, shut up
you can't prove me wrong
heh i have never gotten this sort of thing from chruser b4...

[Doofus_AW]

I am going to randomly pick a beer out of the fridge and go to bed.........and i can prove it.

[Randuin]

that happens when he's in the swedish calender/clock whatever they call it in his language ;)