Re: R: Re: A riddle for John Clark

2015-06-28 Thread meekerdb
On 6/28/2015 2:38 AM, 'scerir' via Everything List wrote: True randomness is not computable by (at least one) definition of "random". But a good pseudo-random number generator would not be detectable for many steps (SFMT period = 2^216091). -Brent That reminds me of Saint T

Re: R: Re: A riddle for John Clark

2015-06-28 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Chaotica Delenda Est! -Original Message- From: 'scerir' via Everything List To: everything-list Sent: Sun, Jun 28, 2015 5:38 am Subject: R: Re: A riddle for John Clark True randomness is not computable by (at least one) definition of "random". But

R: Re: A riddle for John Clark

2015-06-28 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
True randomness is not computable by (at least one) definition of "random". But a good pseudo-random number generator would not be detectable for many steps (SFMT period = 2^216091). -Brent That reminds me of Saint Thomas Aquinas: "Therefore, it is not contrary to divine providen