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WAS IT WRITTEN IN METASTOCK????
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lionel and Gail Issen [SMTP:lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 5 November 1998 6:11
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Random Number Generation
>
> Joe:
>
> A couple of decades ago I used a random number generator in which you
> put in
> a seed number, any number, and a maximum number. The program had been
> developed for generating random numbers from a personnel, voting,
> membership
> or whatever list. The program then generated a random set of numbers
> none
> larger than the maximum number that was specified in the input. Each
> generated number was the seed for the next number.
>
> Lionel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Random Number Generation
>
>
> >Every computer random number system that I've seen use alogrithms
> that
> require
> >a "seed number" to generate the number set. It's a Catch-22
> situation. A
> >random seed number is needed to generate a random set of numbers but
> if you
> >could generate a random seed number you wouldn't need the algorithm
> to
> >generate the random number set. A rather amusing situation came up a
> number
> of
> >years ago at the place I worked. The company instituted a "random"
> drug
> test
> >program. Those that were chosen to be tested (mostly union employees)
> were
> >selected from the payroll list using a "random" number computer
> generated
> >system. The same names kept coming up and the union charged the
> company
> with
> >harassment of these individuals. I was in the maintenance department
> at the
> >time but mentioned to the head of personnel that it appeared that the
> computer
> >department was not changing the "seed number" in their program. He
> said
> that
> >he would look into it. He later told me that that was not the case
> but the
> >problem suddenly corrected itself and different people were selected
> for
> >testing. I'm sure it had nothing to do with it but when the head of
> the
> >computer department retired I was asked to take his job. I guess my
> masters
> >degree in applied mathematics paid off in more than just my
> investment
> >analysis.
> >Good investing.
> >Joe Nemecek
> >
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