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...