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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Random doesn't mean unpredictable in the large. The outcome of casino games are completely non-deterministic (at least, the casino owners want them to be), yet the casinos can tell you how many winners and losers there will be. Randomness has it's own set of laws.


101 posted on 06/27/2006 8:02:21 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
The outcome of casino games are completely non-deterministic [in the short run] (at least, the casino owners want them to be), yet the casinos can tell you how many winners and losers there will be.

In the long run they are deterministic but not in the short run. That's why I always lose in Vegas when I stay longer than a weekend.:^(

110 posted on 06/27/2006 8:35:24 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Fake but Accurate": NY Times)
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