On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 23:13 +0800, Julian Elischer 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 >
Odd, I though Lennon & Ono were the primary proponents of number 9, as detailed in their 1968 work on the subject. -- Ian _______________________________________________ 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"
