Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically

[Dave Angel]

On 05/25/2013 09:49 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <15a1bb3a-514c-454e-a966-243c84123be9 at googlegroups.com>,
>   John Ladasky <john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Because someone's got to say it... "The generation of random numbers is too
>> important to be left to chance." ‹ Robert R. Coveyou
>
> Absolutely.  I know just enough about random number generation to
> understand that I don't really know anything about it :-)
>
> That being said, people who really care about random numbers, tend to
> rely on some sort of physical process instead of computer algorithms.  A
> classic example would be /dev/random.  A somewhat more fun example is
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8LNxGbZbs.  Something radioactive and a
> geiger counter are a good source of randomness (time intervals between
> decay events).
>
>

That's good unless you're a cat, and you belong to Schroedinger...


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DaveA