Re: 2.4.19pre2aa1

Rik van Riel
2002-03-12T13:23:41Z

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> I know about the scattering properties of some number (that is been
> measured empirically if I remeber well what I read). I was asking for
> something else, I was asking if this magical number can scatter better a
> random input as well or not. My answer is no.

> I mean, start reading from /dev/random and see how the distribution goes
> with and without mul, it will be the same I think.

I think it's time we introduce a CS theory equivalent
of Godwin's Law.

You've just outknuthed yourself ;)

Rik
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