Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
- Subject: Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
- From: Arthur J Knapp <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 11:32:27 -0500
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Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 01:47:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
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From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
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I don't know if this is any use, but on one occasion when I needed to pick
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some numbers at random from a given range, I made a set of small, round clay
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tablets, each bearing a different number. I put these in a large earthenware
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pot and took them to a wooded area up on Caerphilly Mountain where, after
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making careful preparations to ensure an atmosphere of Zen like calm, I drew
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the required number of clay tablets out of the pot. (And I have the video
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footage to prove it.)
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This may not be faster than using an OSAX, though.
I have a similar technique, whereby I count the number of intelligent
things spoken by George Bush, then, after a period of perhaps 6 to 7
months, I end up with a random number from 0 to 3.
;-)
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