<paulsy@dell.com> said:
> On 03 Sep 2003 19:17:02 GMT, loop <AllegraGeller@eXistenZ.com> wrote:
>
>><any007@yahoo.com> said:
>>> video poker in a real casino. Your luck is based upon the random
>>> number generator algorithm software. Since, no computer algorithm is
>>> truly 100% random (eventually it will repeat), the operator of the
>>> software can control the payouts.
>>
>>id wager that a computer algorithm can shuffle a deck of
>>cards more randomly than a deck shuffler ... or a person.
>>
>>random number generators are sound, computers can churn out
>>numbers as random as anyone flipping a coin.
>
> A person cannot manipulate a gambling result anywhere near as good as
> a crooked bit of software can.
i know :)
i wasnt taking issue with that.
someone said that computer random number generators were deterministic ...
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