- "After three tries, most password programs give you a hint." Funny, most password programs I've ever seen after three tries LOCK YOU OUT!
- Senior math majors take multivariable calculus. (I took it first semester of sophomore year, and I was far from the most advanced student in my cohort.)
- Seniors who have not completed multivariable calculus are given research grants by the Department of Defense.
- Random number generator programs increase your odds of winning the lottery.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Ridiculous
I'm watching an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and in just a five minute interval, I've learned the following:
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Windows XP gives the option of whether to display a hint or not.
Many random number generators do not give truly random numbers. Try this; you'll always get the same sequence of numbers.
C++
int main()
{
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
cout << rand() << endl;
}
return 0;
}
I was not aware of the XP hint thing, good to know. However, XP is hardly a model of good security practices.
Your second topic I know a little more about. NO random number generators give truly random numbers. They are all pseudo-random based on modulus arithmetic. I wrote a paper on that back in 1989 or so. But random or not, they don't improve your chance of winning the lottery!
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