From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
      
   > On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:50:06 +0000, Richmond wrote:   
   >   
   >> Random is without a predictable pattern or plan.   
   >   
   > Let’s say I collect and store a sequence that meets your definition. Then   
   > I play it back when you ask me for a random number sequence. Does it still   
   > meet your definition? If not, what has changed?   
      
   Because you have stored it, it is predictable by you and you have a   
   plan.   
      
   If I took some numbers from the square root of 2, maybe thousands of   
   digits into it, and then presented them to you, to you they would be   
   random because you wouldn't know where they came from or what the next   
   digit in the sequence would be. But they aren't random, because I know   
   and I can repeat them. I don't even need to store them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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