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> kjergkjh129rgbcbmeert8848ygDGQ#%$^#$^YIUREGDSFdaw3- I just punched in the str above. I did it because of the article (not random), but are is the string rand
by joshuamcginnis 10y ago
> kjergkjh129rgbcbmeert8848ygDGQ#%$^#$^YIUREGDSFdaw3-
I just punched in the str above. I did it because of the article (not random), but are is the string random? I could argue to the nth degree how and why those seemingly random keys were influenced by outside influences (length of fingers, my typing habits, proximity to some keys vs others).
Philosophically, is there such a thing as "random" if the very essence of matter is always under the influence of some other force?
- userbinator 10y agoPhilosophically, is there such a thing as "random" if the very essence of matter is always under the influence of some other force? The difference is whether that influence is (theoretically) predictable; I believe that the current status is that such things as atomic decay are still considered "truly random".
- jloughry 10y agoWell, it's distinguishable (entropy 5.026987) from a large sample of English text (entropy 4.851720), an executable (entropy 6.495817), and a string of all 1s (entropy 0.129234) by Didier Stevens' byte-stats.py [1]. [1] didierstevens.com/files/software/byte-stats_V0_0_2.zip