Corey Edwards wrote:
Something about that method just didn't sit right with me. Seemed like some numbers would come out more often than others. So I sat down and coded up a simulator to see if I was right. According to my results, this particular distribution method unfairly favors some numbers whenever the sample size ($MAX) is not an even multiple of 2 (2, 4, 8, etc.).
Good find. The system suggested is inflexible with regards to the range. It is limited to powers of 2. But hey, it's a geeky group, maybe we just insist that the sample size is always a power of 2 :-)
It's not random, but maybe a simple RPS tournament would be fun. FWIW, Barry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
