> On 1 Apr 2015, at 16:13, Julian Elischer <jul...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On 4/1/15 11:11 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> On 4/1/15 10:18 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: >>> On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 13:52 +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote: >>>> As a side note I'm surprised with the choice of 7. >>>> >>>> I would expect 3, no more, no less. 3 would be the number returned, >>>> and the number readers receive would be 3. >>> 5 would be right out. >> >> there is prior art for 7... I remember seeing it once.. 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 ... >> that's the trouble with randomness, you can't really tell.. >> I remember a part of a paper on the topic by Adams S, et al. >> I think it was towards the end of the paper. > > I stand corrected... the number selected in the paper was 9
Well spotted! Before someone makes a terrible mistake, I should point out that 4 is confirmed random, as cited here: https://xkcd.com/221/ M -- Mark R V Murray _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
