My Revolutionary Computer Science Breakthrough!!!

[idusy]

K so, as you may or may not, computers are incapable of generating random numbers

Wow, how did I completely skip a word. I sure feel stupid...

[Phygar]

Coins are pseudo-random too. Einsten spent the last few years of his life arguing with someone i can't remember the name of to try to disprove quantum mechanics because the thought that everything was controlled by rando sub-atomic actions was absurd to him, and he believed that everything could be explained with physics.

[idusy]

Coins are pseudo-random too. Einsten spent the last few years of his life arguing with someone i can't remember the name of to try to disprove quantum mechanics because the thought that everything was controlled by rando sub-atomic actions was absurd to him, and he believed that everything could be explained with physics.

Meaning you could predict the outcome of a coin toss if you know the exact mass, trajectory, ect, ect? Still random, by definition.

[merfed]

1-6 is a good amount of "random numbers". I think we get by just fine with "fake random numbers" rather then a limited amount of "real random numbers".

67 <- That's a random number. Why I just hit the keyboard. The dice falling into the box, is the same thing. Neither are actually generated by the computer. Both are chosen at "random" by an extension of the computer.

[idusy]

1-6 is a good amount of "random numbers". I think we get by just fine with "fake random numbers" rather then a limited amount of "real random numbers".

67 <- That's a random number. Why I just hit the keyboard. The dice falling into the box, is the same thing. Neither are actually generated by the computer. Both are chosen at "random" by an extension of the computer.

Once again, it's a joke, try not to take it too seriously.

But if you read, the randomly choosing of 1-6 is just a small part of the process, and it'd just be added to the algorithm. so essentially it'd be the same "fake random numbers", but with a small element making it truly random.

Lol, I was going to add a bit about using those ridiculous percentile dice from D&D but I forgot to.

The difference being that every time a computer needs a random number, it's not going to prompt you to slam on your keyboard or whatever.

However, it is possible to use human input as a means of randomizing. Like using the time between keystrokes, last key hit, ect and adding them to the same algorithm to get a random number in the range needed.

[Clain]

Uhhh use a mersenne twister?

[idusy]

Uhhh use a mersenne twister?

Pseudorandom.