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> Real randomness gives you streaks True, but you could just tweak the odds down a bit once a streak hits a certain number if you've demonstrably slowed the li
by eric_h 10y ago
> Real randomness gives you streaks
True, but you could just tweak the odds down a bit once a streak hits a certain number if you've demonstrably slowed the line down (and turn them back up once the clog has been cleared).
- Terr_ 10y agoTrue, but attackers could time their approach to occur in the safe-period after a major clog. The devil's really in the details, particularly around how queues/buffers for travelers are handled and the basis used for doing the randomness. For example, randomly choosing check/don't-check per passenger is different than randomly choosing a passenger from the line whenever a searcher is free.
- eric_h 10y agoI'm not suggesting to turn the odds to zero, though. Simply lowering the odds until the clog is cleared would not appreciably improve an attackers chances of getting through. You could still get streaks at the lower odds, thus making the clog worse. Nevertheless, I think the average wait times would be vastly improved from what they are currently.