Re: SIMPLE MINDREADING TEST

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From: Mike Duffy
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:14

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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> Essentially, God is putting the random numbers into your head, and
> letting you think you selected them with your own free will.

If this is the case, the how can *you* claim to have the gift of 
bibliomancy? For example, suppose that I implemented the functionality 
of your web-site on my web-site. How would that generate different 
results than yours, other than the fact I automatically support 
translation via Google APIs into 53 spoken languages?

Does God look at the IP number of the server to decide whether or not 
to let the mind of the user have free will? Would it make a difference 
if I copied the code from your server to mine, instead of re-
engineering your requirements?

Would your web-site continue to generate psychic predictions if you 
were to die?

And I have a few technical questions regarding your use of random 
numbers. Are you, in fact, using pseudo-random numbers? If so, are you 
re-seeding your generator using a deterministic or non-deterministic 
algorithm?

What if I were to download a large list of random values from the 
Fourmilab server, and just used those instead of picking values "at 
random" myself?

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