On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:59 -0500, tedd wrote: > At 5:15 PM -0500 12/10/07, Daniel Brown wrote: > > Just for fun, I decided to write out an algorithm to randomize > >with a never-known seed that would update constantly, with no human or > >external script intervention required to initiate or maintain it. > > > My guess is that if there was a time that this <whatever> did not > exist, but now does exist, then it cannot be random. It may be random > for a billion years, or more, but it would eventually repeat. > > However, it something started at the instant of the big-bang, then > its repeat cycle would be at least equal-to, or greater-than, known > time and thus random.
Just because something doesn't repeat doesn't make it random. It may be that Pi never repeats and yet we know it is not random. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ........................................................... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
