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Posted 2002-11-30, 04:44 PM
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
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