tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post6812677308923989647..comments2020-05-04T08:05:03.791-07:00Comments on The nerdiest of the nerds: (Pseudo)random numbers matterHilbertAstronauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443786031975040593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-58435542721270501652008-07-30T08:21:00.000-07:002008-07-30T08:21:00.000-07:00HAHA! ;-PIt could be that they use floating-point ...HAHA! ;-P<BR/><BR/>It could be that they use floating-point numbers instead of integers in the sequence. That's a mistake which I've never seen before ;-)HilbertAstronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443786031975040593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-13631574350718465562008-07-30T07:30:00.000-07:002008-07-30T07:30:00.000-07:00I remember one class really hammered it home for m...I remember one class really hammered it home for me, where the U(0,1) random number generator that used to ship with Excel would occasionally include negative values.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896413955408148961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-67748793825857410072008-07-28T14:55:00.000-07:002008-07-28T14:55:00.000-07:00haha, thanks :-DPRNGs are one of those things for ...haha, thanks :-D<BR/><BR/>PRNGs are one of those things for which I have to harp on the n00bs in our research group, as they always assume that either the system PRNG or whatever formula they find in Numerical Recipes is good enough, and then they go off and use the PRNG in extreme ways that expose its flaws (lack of thread safety is a good example).HilbertAstronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443786031975040593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-32092542862262409552008-07-28T14:24:00.000-07:002008-07-28T14:24:00.000-07:00In that case, proceed with much wecoming! :-DIn that case, proceed with much wecoming! :-DJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896413955408148961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-47018697098584159702008-07-17T08:38:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:38:00.000-07:00My post was more like one of those public service ...My post was more like one of those public service announcements for soccer fans that encourage them not to be racist -- generally people don't articulate the opposite position, but tacitly hold it by their actions or lack thereof.HilbertAstronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443786031975040593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2572826743364240863.post-86233705052988543852008-07-17T04:14:00.000-07:002008-07-17T04:14:00.000-07:00Who, in say the past 40 years, has been articulati...Who, in say the past 40 years, has been articulating the opposite case, that they aren't important?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896413955408148961noreply@blogger.com