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According to the article, you could still bias the toss. For example, let's say you're trying to get heads, which in your system is "first heads, then tails". Y
by markerdmann 17y ago
According to the article, you could still bias the toss. For example, let's say you're trying to get heads, which in your system is "first heads, then tails". You would hold the coin heads up on the first toss, and tails up on the second toss.
- shaddi 17y agoThen perhaps there will soon be a market for automated coin-flipping machines that impart a consistent, if unknown, bias into every flip!
- Agent101 17y agoJust go quantum and measure single difracted photons.
- whatusername 17y agoI wonder if you've seen this: The automatic dice-roller http://gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic http://gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic It can generate 1.5 million dice rolls per day.
- vinutheraj 17y agoWell, you can prevent that by stipulating that the orientation should be same on both flips.
- shaddih 17y agoThe issue is that if probability will still vary between flips, if the adversary is good enough. Say heads is up both times. Flip one could be done so that p(heads) = .6, but flip two could be done so that p(heads) = .4. It's up to the person who flips.