Generating Random numbers to conform a distribution

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Wed Jun 8 11:49:28 EDT 2022


I think Jacque has germaniums in her garden!

<Ducking the rotten tomatoes now>

On Jun 7, 2022, at 9:50 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:

On 6/7/22 20:24, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
I don't have an answer. But apparently it's a common problem:
https://xkcd.com/2626/

Chortle.

Back in the day I would generate a random number by back-biasing a germanium diode and hook it up to an analog-to-digital converter. Great white noise generator too.

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Mark Wieder
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