Not sure really what the inputs always used, but I think these Self-org
& Self-adapt algorithms the SASO engineers were playing with didn't
always use random generators to produce the systemic effects they were
getting. Obviously all input effects all output in some sort of way,
but it was the ou
I would argue the opposite. While I agree with Doug that you need good
RNGs (though not necessarily true RNGs) in order to avoid bias, the
problem with good pseudo- or true- RNGs is that they have order N^2
convergence for Monte Carlo simulations. Quasi-random number generators
on the oth
How about deleting confidential data from hard disks!
The solution today is to overwrite it many times with random data.
But modern mathematics and technology makes it possible to recover the much
of the original text given the original random sequence used to delete the
data. Given a long sequen
On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 01:52:35PM -0700, Robert Howard wrote:
> How about deleting confidential data from hard disks!
>
> The solution today is to overwrite it many times with random data.
>
> But modern mathematics and technology makes it possible to recover the much
> of the original text give
SORRY, i SENT THIS OFF BEFORE IT WAS DONE! THIS VERSION IS COMPLETE
Dear Friamers -- or Fry-Aimers, however it is that we are pronounced.
Ever since I first got to santa fe four years ago, the pot has been burbling
here concerning what can and cannot be done with mathematics that can or cann
Robert,
It's my understanding that there has been no documented case of data
recovered from a hard disk that has been erased by completely
overwriting the contents 3 or more times with your choice of 0s, 1s,
alternating bits, random bits, or whatever, outside of a lab
environment using magnetic el
On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 06:12:58PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
>
> So, here is my present understanding of the mathematician's argument for the
> mean value theorem. What I dont understand is why it takes three pages of
> algebra to get there!
I don't know where you get the 3 pages from. M
I received this from Frank Wimberly and think it deserves distribution and
reaction. Bush's executive order is appalling and frightening even more so
because the media have not adequately reported it or reacted. Perhaps we could
apply a RNG to Bush and Cheney? cheers (?) Paul
***
I am disturbed by the non-sequitur inherent in the Subject and Body of
this article: It suggests that the Web inherently *should* make
Americans more well informed.
3 points:
1) I agree that these are not particularly important questions in their
own right, but they *are* hugely significan
Logically is true, perfect randomness possible since it is being generated
by a program designed by a human with a purpose - a thought construct? On one
level is anything in the universe truly random?
Paul Paryski
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Somehow the fwd about Bush's exec order didn't work, so I have copied the
text below. Paul Paryski
While the American public...and the world...was being diverted by news
stories of Dubya's colonoscopy scheduled for today, this, his latest
executive
order, was signed July 17, 20
Russell,
Remember, mine was a book for English Majors, Berlinski's Tour of the
Calculus.
But thou quibblest! Dothn't thou? Why is the algebra necessary at all.
Doesnt the mean value theorem fall out of the definition of a mean and the
definition of continuity? Full stop. Granting only that
On 7/22/07, steve smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am disturbed by the non-sequitur inherent in the Subject and Body of
this article: It suggests that the Web inherently *should* make
Americans more well informed.
Myself, I'm getting a little tired of the pop quizzes demonstrating one kin
steve smith wrote:
> 2) The internet, in my opinion, is still mainly a reference source...
> Somewhere between a dictionary or encyclopedia and a newspaper or
> magazine subscription.
>
> If people aren't interested in these kinds of facts, they won't look
> them up and they won't "subscribe" (
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>
> Simulations of stochastic processes also require good RN gen
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