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To: Graybeard58
Randomness has no memory. Flip a coin in the air 50 times and it comes up heads every time. What are the chances of it coming up heads on the 51st flip? Answer - 50/50.

You don't get it. There is no such thing as true randomness. Even the best systems break down and produce biases and patterns that can be exploited.

48 posted on 10/19/2005 9:24:00 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Harmful or Fatal if Swallowed)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Even the best video poker machines aren't truly random.


51 posted on 10/19/2005 9:27:11 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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