OpenEuphoria

RE: Separate threads of random numbers

• Posted by Andy Serpa <renegade at earthling.net> Apr 10, 2002
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> <snip>
> 
> I have often wondered why people don't look to nature for random 
> numbers. 
> There, i was just wondering it again! Like, take a random weather 
> reading 
> from a list of locations around the world, perform random math on it 
> with a 
> reading from another location, or a random number of random readings. Or 
> 
> against the 3D location in the sky of a random planetary body. Even if 
> one 
> cannot do this in real time, one can bank the readings for use as 
> needed, or 
> as seed values in conventional random number generator. This would give 
> you values no one has control over, and are unlikely to be repeatable. 
> Scope 
> might be a problem, or significant digits, so loop the random math 
> operations 
> untill you get the digits (altho this will put you somewhat at the mercy 
> of the 
> math chip peculiarities).
> 

Isn't that how they first did it -- roulette wheels and such?  The 
results didn't LOOK "random enough" so they invented these algorithms...