where does randomness come from?

[totient]

I envision a room full of elves, flipping coins.

Just now, I walked past that room.

Comments

Hmmmm

[macgyvette.livejournal.com]

Having an interesting day? :-)

Re: Hmmmm

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. But in this case I meant it literally; two of my coworkers were testing a random algorithm in the small conference room today by flipping coins.

Re: Hmmmm

[macgyvette.livejournal.com]

And are they in any way elf-like? Just curious.