Re: Newbie question(s)...

From: Bob Silverman (pubkeybreaker_at_aol.comstuff)
Date: 09/17/03 

Date: 16 Sep 2003 22:11:03 GMT

stuff deleted....

Anyway, if you all would tell me what you think of this, I'd
appreciate it...

So you generate irrational numbers... Like the square root of 2.

They are good little numbers because there is no way to predict the
next digit from previous digits...

This is grossly false. there are very good
and very quick methods to determine the
next digits from the previous digits.

There are even fast algorithms (e.g.
Ferguson & Forcade) known as relation
finding algorithms that will quickly identify
an algebraic number from a string of digits...

Your basic assumptions are wrong.//

You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think.

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