On Friday, 04/28/2006 at 10:05 EST, "Tom Duerbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know we are all virtual...really... > > But in what universe can you have a 20 sided dice? The pursuit of a 20 > sided dice, would make the pursuit of "free beer" look as easy as > turning on the tap (for those of us that don't work at a brewery).
Dude! You never played Dungeons & Dragons? Two 20-sided dice (icosahedra) give you a number between 00 and 99 with an even probability distribution. Picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedron. Octahedra and dodecahedra (12-sided) are used as well. We even occasionally used the more famous hexahedron. I thought all computer geeks played D&D .... :-) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
