Re: CDR: Re: (P)RNG's and k-distribution

2002-04-29 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Joseph Ashwood wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Jim Choate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For a RNG to -be- a RNG it -must- be infinity-distributed. This means that > > there are -no- string repititions -ever-. > > Ummm, wrong. No, correct. It's called -infinity

Re: (P)RNG's and k-distribution

2002-04-24 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: "Jim Choate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For a RNG to -be- a RNG it -must- be infinity-distributed. This means that > there are -no- string repititions -ever-. Ummm, wrong. That would imply that in a binary stream, once 0 has been used it can never be used again. Thi