OT: Interesting article RE: Elite's genesis

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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BootLace isn't working for me. Not getting anything.

Hm. Works fine for me. You got java enabled? What browser you using?

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Dunno, I'll check. Netscape 7, but I got Firefox somewhere.

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Huh. I've tried making a Fibonacci'd galaxy from base 2 and base 4 or Fibonacci^2 but it goes non-random really fast. Which either means I'm way to tired and will notice the problem in the morning or these guys used very small coordinates, or did something more with the Fibonacci numbers. I wouldn't know which.

8,6,4,0,4,4,8,2,0,2,2,4,6,0,6,6,2,8,0,8,
8,6,4,0,4,4,8,2,0,2,2,4,6,0,6,6,2,8,0,8,
8,6,4,0,4,4,8,2,0,2,2,4,6,0,6,6,2,8,0,8,
8,6,4,0,4,4,8,2,0,2,2,4,6,0,6,6,2,8,0,8,
8,6,4,0,4,4,8,2,0,2,2,4,6,0,6,6,2,8,0,8,

Not very semi-random once you hit certain combo's of numbers...Such as an 8 and a 6. That was done by hand, from remembering those numbers as two trouble numbers. Feel free to check the math.

Maybe an array of numbers with each number refering to an index in the array? Anyway, my brain is tired.

What if you write it all out, remove the spaces, and just read it? "1123581321345589144..." it probably gets better later on when the ratio of first digits to middle digits is lower.

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The comma's are for convienence of reading, as are the returns. The ratio doesn't matter, as if it hits any two 'danger numbers', everything after that in the sequence is doomed to repeat.

Perhaps an explanation is in order for those who only read the top of the article. Basically, you take two random numbers, like 9 and 3 and add them. If the result is higher than or equal to 10, you subtract 10. So:

9,3,1

Then you take the Last two numbers and add them, then repeat. So:

9,3,1,4,5,9,4,3,7,0,7,7,4,1,5,6,1,7,8,5,3,8,1,9,0, 9,9,8,7,5,2,7,9,6

And so on. You know, if I added up all the numbers in the sequence so far, it might be more random. Something you said inspired that thought.

[ August 05, 2004, 19:20: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]