On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 10:29 -0600, Corey Edwards wrote: > Having not experienced the bit flipping in person I was going just based > on the description which apparently wasn't complete. Guess I'll just > have to berate Jayce^ for a poor description. But with the reflipping of > all coins whenever an impossible number is selected, yeah that makes > sense. Thanks for clarifying. It was a fun exercise.
Jayce^ made no mistake. Historically the UUG has used the flawed technique you've experimentally shown to be unreliable. The flaw in Hans' method is that finding a single coin to flip at meetings is an accomplishment, let along finding lg(N) coins. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
