Glen Turner wrote:
They avoid number at the extremes
and avoid repeated digits (a 60 byte string would have
a run of 6 repeated digits about one time in five).
The result is very non-random.
Yes indeed. I've read about complaints from consumers
about seemingly non-random behaviour in the shuffle
function on iPods. Apple tries to explain that yes,
the iPod can easily play 3 songs in a row by the same
artist when in random mode. This is the nature of
randomness. Usually falls on deaf ears.
cheers
rickw
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