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Old 06-02-2006, 12:22 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by baddog
How wasn't it random?
Any programmer worth his salt will tell you that a random number generated by a computer is not truely random. It is an approximatation of a random number based on a varient of the seed value of the machine (processor, memory, bus speed, time etc).


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Originally Posted by baddog
And who decided that it has to be tested on 1500 machines simultaneously?
It comes from the margin of error requirements specificed by the states. It has to be simultaneous because of the fact that time is a variable in the machine seed.

I hope your due diligence for your other projects is a little better than your due diligence for content lotto.
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