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Re: Pitfall in producing random numbers
At 2:20 AM 9/22/95, Norman Hardy wrote:
>The virtual PC clock proceeded forward by very predictable
>manner. Perhaps the details were different but the nature of the pitfall is
>clear. I did not notice that pitfall mentioned in RFC 1750. (Its the only
>hazard that I know of that they missed.)
Neat! I often talk about what happens if inter-keystroke timingis used but
the program is driven by a script. In essence, running a program under
simulation amounts to running the clock under a script.
Next version.
Thanks,
Steve
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