Re: BUG: uneven distribution of (supposedly) random cookies

2001-05-17 Thread MaXxX
At Thursday, May 17, 2001, 4:38:38 AM, Alexander mashed together the following text: M Then tell me, how did it happen that I'm getting a much fairer M distribution than TB ? More complex code... If you want good result - use own tools and don't use black-boxes All right, now either this is

Re: BUG: uneven distribution of (supposedly) random cookies

2001-05-16 Thread MaXxX
At Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 10:26:48 AM, Dierk has typed the lines below: These are two totally different concepts. If you want a randomiser you won't - by definition! - not get fair distribution. That's the most common fallacy made by people playing lottery or roulette. The fait

Re: BUG: uneven distribution of (supposedly) random cookies

2001-05-16 Thread Dierk Haasis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello MaXxX! On Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at 4:31:17 PM you wrote: I'm not a math expert, but I _do_ have some basic knowledge of statistics, and when I see that the Delphi randomizer set to 1 tries and 5 outcomes does it like this: 1=2011