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|    Tom Del Rosso to Mr. Man-wai Chang    |
|    Re: %random% is not random?    |
|    10 Jan 24 19:20:23    |
   
   From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   > On 11/27/2023 4:03 PM, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >> wget -q -O-   
   >> "https://www.random.org/integers/?num=1&min=1&max=%total%&col   
   1&base=10&format=plain&rnd=new"   
   >>   
   >> That's cute. Thanks for the tip!   
   >>   
   >   
   > But then why do you trust random.org? :)   
      
   I had test code to graph the results, but I deleted it.   
      
   The graph makes it perfectly clear that random.org is random and the   
   random e-variable is not. I said this before.   
      
      
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