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Re: Spotlight randomness

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
I seem to keep seeing the same spotlights over and over. Now, either it's me, or they aren't exactly random.
Well geesh ... of course it's not random ... it's pseudorandom.

And really, it's not like there's a lot you could say about pseudorandom numbers or anything. Now, I'm no statistical wizard, and it's been some time since I've been through the specific TAOCP tome, but how about a chi square test, or some other statistical tool to determine just how "random" the psuedorandom number generator is being.
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