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).
>>>SNIP
>Anyone else got any other ideas?
>>How many bits do you need? Toss a coin bit by bit? Dice could make
it quicker for larger numbers (especially if you had a d8 or d10 handy
to produce hex or decimal instead of binary).
As an aside, you say you have no access to programming tools so I assume
that includes no access to a spreadsheet (I'm sure they all have rnd
funtions).
Niall
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