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You can't fake geekitude. Pseudorandom generators are not "pseudorandom" because of rounding issues, nor because they repeat individual elements. They are pseudorandom because the whole sequence of numbers they generate is predetermined based upon some numeric algorithm.
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Which is effectively random. I was only trying to tell Burger iPods are not really random, and can't be.
Of course my knowledge base is limited to preparing about a dozen extremely complex patent applications on the rolling codes for producing "random" numbers in car remote keyless entry systems. I'm sure you have greater expertise.
And since I try patent cases, I know to try to "dumb" down an explaination. My "rounding" example is an accurate problem, but was meant more as something these sheep could understand.
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2) It is odd in the extreme to suggest there would be some difficulty in "picking" how to round 49.5 (or any other number with 1/2 as the fractional part). The convention that 1/2 rounds up to 1 is for all intents and purposes universally accepted.
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There is no difficulty in so picking, but it makes the process non-random. If you always round .5 up which, integer has a greater liklihood of being picked, 0 or 1? Not. Random.
