thanks
--- Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 20:21 -0800, Mark Hansen
> wrote:
> > I am playing NFL Strategy with two electronic
> dice. I
> > have charted the results and I am coming up with
> very
> > iffy results. 7 should come up the most, and it
> never
> > had in several trials. 5 had come up too much as
> well
> > as other numbers.
> >
> > Any thoughts on getting best random results with
> dice.
> > any tricks?
>
> Random != Evenly Distributed
>
> Here's a little experiment. Take a guess at the
> longest string of
> consecutive heads or consecutive tails you'll see
> will be in a series of
> 300 coin tosses. Now go and try it out. I'll wager
> dollars to donuts
> that the actual string is twice as long as you
> guessed it would be. Just
> because a distribution is random doesn't mean that
> it won't have
> streaks.
>
> --Todd
>
>
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