Talk:Random number
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"In telecommunication, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 through 1865."
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And so on. That's how this article was written, as formerly were a large number of others. A few still are. As of today, this one doesn't look like that any more. Michael Hardy 22:05, 8 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Discrete and uniform only?
The current definition (selecting from a set) implies that random numbers can only be selected from uniform and discrete probability distributions. Isn't a number selected from a non-uniform distribution also a "random number", and isn't a real number selected by some continuous probability distribution also a "random number"? Or is there some other term for these? --Delirium 22:14, Dec 24, 2003 (UTC)
- I (the person who rewrote the article) am not a mathematician - go ahead and fix this. Morwen 22:15, Dec 24, 2003 (UTC)
- I'm not either, which is why I was asking. =P --Delirium 22:20, Dec 24, 2003 (UTC)
- But you know what 'uniform and discrete probability distributions' means! Or at least, you used the term. Morwen 22:22, Dec 24, 2003 (UTC)
- Hmm, it seems random variable may be related to this article in one way or another, but is currently too technical to be useful in the same context. --Delirium 22:21, Dec 24, 2003 (UTC)
Two hardware entries?
How come there are two different sections for hardware random number generators? It seems that the first one seems to say the same thing as the second, but in more detail. Doozer 05:41, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)