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: Hi, to answer your question first: No, I don't use IRC.
: BTW, the Village Pump doesn't seem to know my user name. If I try to log in, it always tells me that this user name doesn't exist. (BTW, why am I not automatically logged in there when I'm logged-in in the Wiki?) --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 13:09, 1 March 2008 (MST)
::The wiki and forum are separate. You'll have to sign up again for the forum. It's kind of annoying, but not that bad. Maybe that can be a wishlist item. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 16:15, 1 March 2008 (MST)
::: Thanks. Now it is a wishlist item :-) --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 07:22, 2 March 2008 (MST)
: I've looked into integrating the Village Pump and Rosetta Code. The problem is, all of the solutions I've found involve having MediaWiki authenticate against SMF (the forum software), as opposed to having SMF authenticate against Mediawiki. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 20:25, 2 March 2008 (MST)
== Randomness ==
Kinda off topic so I put it here if you don't mind. In response to this comment:
(from here: "http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Talk:Simple_Random_Distribution_Checker" )
:Of course a random number checker like this will report a perfect random distribution if your "RNG" returns the sequence "1234567123456712345671234567..."
Can you prove that the sequence you named is NOT random? A truly random RNG should produce all kinds of sequences, including a sequence just like the one you mention. Just saying. ;-) [[User:Sgeier|Sgeier]] 00:33, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
: Of course it would have exactly the same probability as the sequence "1111111111111111111111111111...", which would be rejected by the tester. The point is, in both cases we have a model which gives the data with significantly higher probability than pure randomness (in the specific cases here, the probability is 1 for the deterministic model vs. 1/7^28 for pure randomness). Of course, strictly speaking all PRNGs should be flagged non-random because we have a model which fits perfectly - the algorithm for the PRNG. However, if the PRNG is good, you cannot guess the algorithm from the output. --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 22:09, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
== Pascal ==
Thanks for the heads-up on the Pascal booleans. It's been 16 years since I wrote my last line of Pascal code. :-) --[[User:Snoman|Snoman]] 10:05, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
== Sematic Mediawiki Queries ==
By the way, you can play around with SMW queries using the [[Special:Ask]] page. You can play around with the query until it outputs what you expect, and then a click on the "Show embed code" link will show you the resulting inline query code. --[[User:Coderjoe|Coderjoe]] 19:13, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
: Thanks for the hint. --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 19:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
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