[ILUG] random number generation

[Frank Duignan]

Listen to the radio - pick a word at random from the chat/songs and use it
to generate a number (e.g by adding all the ascii character values together)

On 6/21/06, JMcCarthy at mortgagelink.ie <JMcCarthy at mortgagelink.ie> wrote:
>
> The best way to generate a random number without using a computer(aka I
> have no access to programming tools, am bored in work & want to do a few
> math equations).
>
> For smaller numbers I take a handfull of paperclips, shake em, take a few
> away & drop em on the desk, there's your random number.
>
> Anything lager simply do that again & multiply the first pile by the
> second, or have the second pile as the power of the first.
>
> Anyone else got any other ideas?
>
>
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