von Neumann gave all of use computer people straight jackets On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Kent Borg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/23/2016 12:03 AM, Kevin W. Wall wrote: > >> >> I take it you mean this quote by von Neumann: >> >> "Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means >> is, of course, living in a state of sin." >> >> > Indeed. Great man. > > > -kb, the Kent who (understandably!) thought it was Knuth--but that was > wrong--and the Kent who wants to both sin and pretend he isn't. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: B7F14F2F Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
