Ben Bacarisse <ben.use...@bsb.me.uk>: >> In this context, "random data" really means "uniformly distributed >> data", i.e. any bit sequence is equally likely to be presented as >> input. *That's* what information theory says can't be compressed. > > But that has to be about the process that gives rise to the data, not > the data themselves. No finite collection of bits has the property you > describe.
Correct. Randomness is meaningful only in reference to future events. Once the events take place, they cease to be random. A finite, randomly generated collection of bits can be tested against a probabilistic hypothesis using statistical methods. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list