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> It actually doesn't matter how many options are in your random number generator.

> It actually doesn't matter how many options are in your random number generator. It certainly does -- the larger the random number, the fairer the outcome is. > Even if you're using the seconds of a clock, it doesn't work for 7 children. For a digits range of 0 - 59? Plus the fallback in the face of a precocious child of adding the number of minutes * 60?

Posted by lutusp on Aug 29, 2014, 7:47 AM

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> It actually doesn't matter how many options are in your random number generator.

lutuspAug 29, 2014, 7:47 AM

> It actually doesn't matter how many options are in your random number generator. It certainly does -- the larger the random number, the fairer the outcome is. > Even if you're using the seconds of a clock, it doesn't work for 7 children. For a digits range of 0 - 59? Plus the fallback in the face of a precocious child of adding the number of minutes * 60?

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