Talk:Randomness
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- Another is the board used by compositors to keep type as pages are made up. | - Another is the board used by compositors to keep type as pages are made up. | ||
what exactly is this? like something a comic book artist or newspaper layout person might use? | what exactly is this? like something a comic book artist or newspaper layout person might use? | ||
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- laying waste. | - laying waste. | ||
does that mean shooting a country with missiles from the air or pooping? srsly! | does that mean shooting a country with missiles from the air or pooping? srsly! | ||
| − | http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laying+waste -NM wow, my own link to the dictionary! thank you, but it still sounds odd here, perhaps because laying waste usually works with an indirect or direct object. | + | http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laying+waste -NM wow, my own link to the dictionary! thank you, but it still sounds odd here, perhaps because laying waste usually works with an indirect or direct object. | I changed that phrase to "devastation." I don't clearly understand why you're reading the phrase as "pooping," and neither does the dictionary, although I know that "waste" can be excrement etc. Anyway, it's easy to use a synonymous word/phrase there. -NM |
- found an interesting early "pop" book on game theory that includes a random number table at the end: | - found an interesting early "pop" book on game theory that includes a random number table at the end: | ||
