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Good point. You would get different sequences by choosing different constants for the generator though, but you couldn't cover all of them by a longshot.
by vrfcodf 11y ago
Good point. You would get different sequences by choosing different constants for the generator though, but you couldn't cover all of them by a longshot.
- mcherm 11y agoAnd this inability to cover all possible sequences has real-world implications. https://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling.php https://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling.p... http://superuser.com/questions/712551/how-are-pseudorandom-and-truly-random-numbers-different-and-why-does-it-matter/712583#712583 http://superuser.com/questions/712551/how-are-pseudorandom-a...