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Old 09-12-2004, 02:55 PM  
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Originally posted by punkworld
There are tons of random number generators. They're just all flawed to some degree... some more than others.



Why would I consult a gambling book when I just explained in detail how the idea that after 10 times red it will hit black is mathematically erroneous?
Alright, I am not going to argue with you, because you don't know what you are talking about. There is no such thing as a random number generator, and heres why, numbers are infinite, say you program software to generate a "random number", it would only be able to generate a number that is a certain length, or within a certain range. For example, generating numbers that have no decimal places isn't a random number, it's only generating whole numbers. 8974857347509349059203523423.823759823780947230570 92470985983470598703945690837409856730947560983749 08567309476982347895632948657893470985673940875609 83247908563740985670983470985673409867094257609824 750986790824576908754098679084357069827409856 is a numnber that would never be generated. Another example, in the 80s, a group of scientists tried computing the exact number for Pi, they had to quit after the they printed over 30 pages of the exact number. 30 fucking pages of numbers on 8.5x11 sheets of paper. So 3.320720957902375092959023487902379047092379047920 345 whatever times 30 pieces of paper, and counting. As for your second paragraph, you didn't explain anything in detail, and even if you did it wouldn't be right.
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