NationStates Jolt Archive


Are you sure issues are random?

Ultimate Kancho
03-07-2006, 13:13
I chose to legalize prostitution and 1-2 issues next was that I was "Plagued By STD Epidemic!"
Sirocco
03-07-2006, 13:52
Yes, they are random.
Mstreeted
03-07-2006, 13:59
Yes, they are random.

unless off course you believe that everything is inevitable - then they would be expected - and not entirely random

.. i'm thinking too much today
Czardas
03-07-2006, 21:31
Well, they can't be entirely random, as there are only about 180 of them, and each one consists of a certain number of lines of code, thus what turns up is one of 180 or so particular strings of code, thus unrandom because it will always be one of those particular strings.... just like any "random" number can be calculated to be any between negative and positive infinity, and because it is calculable, it is not random.....


Trust me, for thinking too much, you've nothing on me. ;)