Virgil
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Re: Simple random number generator?
Posted:
Dec 25, 2012 6:43 PM
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In article <r2bkd85ld4bhfah8oq709ctsrnt6gukvmo@4ax.com>,
Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> wrote:
> If radioactive decay is random, how are we able to govern the rate of
> decay in a reactor?
>
> We are not similarly able to affect the outcome when flipping 1000
> coins simultaneously and nondeterministically.
I dare say we could affect the outcome of those coin flippings
statistically, changing the ratio of head to tails a bit for instance,
by suitably controlling the flipping mechanism.
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