Question
On 13-Dec-05 Uwe Ligges wrote:
Davia Cox wrote: [...]
My question is in order to run a true random sample,
We have to disappoint you: Your computer cannot generate "true random samples".
At least on Linux (and probably most Unix) systems, /dev/random must be a pretty good approximation (provided you don't over-work it ... ). Oh for the days of "shot noise"! Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 13-Dec-05 Time: 14:16:59 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------