On Wednesday 21 June 2006 13:02, 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).
> Anyone else got any other ideas?
Don't know if this is cheating but-
If you have a stopwatch on your watch (doesn't everybody?) which does 1/100 of
seconds? Simply hit start, count to 10 and hit stop, the 100ths should be
reasonably random, (no?)
Paul
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