is the random event generator a real way too see into the future?
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Technically, all things are written in a long enough random sequence of numbers.  For example, the number Pi contains an infinite sequence of unpatterned numbers, so if you looked deeply enough, you could find any piece of information you wanted was already encoded in it.  But in practical terms, you can only find what you already know, so it has no predictive value.  So the answer is, no, a random event generator is not a real way to see into the future.
483034
In general, The system time is known for the best seed for Random no .If You want to add more then manipulate it by the memory used or available or some kind of technique .
91125
You'll never get a truly random number from a computer, because everything in computers is generated by an algorithm. Pseudorandom numbers are, however, for all intents and purposes, random. For info on how to do what you are asking about, see this article: http://cplus.about.com/od/advancedtutorials/l/aa041303a.htm
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Sounds like a question i'd ask Doc Brown on Back to the Future, what happens when history is changed?  Playing with the space time continuum is risky business.  Have you heard of the Chaos Theory?  Any little event can cause major ripple effects that may be worse than the one that was 'supposed' to happen.  For example, you kill al the terrorists who flew into the WTC and Pentagon, which means there was no stopping of commercial airline traffic....which means the terrorists on the west coast were able to carry out their suicide missions...which means one of them struck a nuclear power plant that released radiation travelling world-wide.  You get my drift, and, oh by the way, there were terrorists who were ready to takeover aircraft on the westcoast, but thanks to the FAA clamp down on traffic, their plans were thwarted.  Their targets are unknown, i only picked a nuclear facility to make a point.
828757
Well, if it's cheap like mine, I'd say the probability is great.  Cheap sets are made by the hundreds of thousands...\nSo big whoop.  Does that mean it's fate?
447598
It's setup to randomly appear in random sessions. There is no way to use it permanently as it is only a beta. They do it so different people will be able to experiment with it and submit their feedback.
767048
Random chances are the same as probabilities. If you are so interested, you should look into Quantum Theory. It describes it in depth.
677914
Aren't we all random collections of data?
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<SCRIPT>\nrnd.today=new Date();\nrnd.seed=rnd.today.getTime();\n\n    function rnd() {\n    rnd.seed = (rnd.seed*9301+49297) % 233280;\n    return rnd.seed/(233280.0);\n};\n\n\n    function rand(number) {\n    return Math.ceil(rnd()*number);\n};\n</SCRIPT>\n\nThis is alot more simple then using the IF statements. To create a random number between 1 and 10 use rand(10). To display an random image named banner1.gif to banner10.gif use: \n\n<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT><!--\ndocument.write('<IMG SRC="banner' + rand(10) + '.gif" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="40">');\n//--></SCRIPT>\n\nIf you have at least 10 or more banners... You shouldnt have a problem with dups. If it is essensial not to dup let me know and I'll update the code.
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Yes, it is possible. I'll give an example using the game of life.\n\nA glider can represent a pulse, and a glider gun can generate unlimited amount of pulses. By colliding of two gliders at exact time and position, logic gate, such as AND, OR, NOT, can be constructed. There is also ways to store numbers using still life.\n\nHowever, it would be very inefficient, as the previous answer pointed out.
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This isn't change; people like youself have been making such arrogant claims for the past two centuries.\nAnything you build will be deterministic. You may say it can "learn" but it's behaviour will be subject to how you program it and the environment it is in.\nHuman brain functions are non-deterministic. In short you can't copy it.
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i have no dought that this will one day happen...people have found on freak events, a brain cell that reacts to a picture in lab animals...i would imagation after a while they will have much better brain mapping to a cellear level...then from there they could figure out how to make a computer to read the information...but i think that is as far as it will go...i do not think that the computer will think for us or anything like that...i think it would be read only in a sense
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Statistics and probability aren't used to predict what future events will occur.  Based on simulation (e.g. throwing dice), statisticians can assign likelihood estimates to events.  In no way does probability estimate what event will come next.  We'll leave that to professional gamblers.  Probability is concerned with what happens in the "long run." \n\nYou say all things have a 50/50 chance of occurring - do you win the lottery every other time you play?  Do you get in a car accident every other time you drive?  You should re-think your 50/50 reasoning.\n\nStatistics isn't just probability - statisticians design studies, run clinical trials, program computers, ensure quality in industrial processes, and many other valuable tasks.
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Cant rule out the possibility. \nBut..... based on currently available technology its very unlikely  within the next 50 to100 years. Definitely not in our life time.
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try this site for help on probabiliity\n\nhttp://www.futureaccountant.com/probability/
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Well, it depends on your idea of accurate.  Have people found events to tie his predictions to?  Yes, they have.  But if I write down a bunch of vague generalities, in a few hundred years, I'm sure most of them will have come "true" as well.
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The predictions of quantum mechanics are incredible, it is true. Especially in the more extreme reaches, like quantum electrodynamics, and quantum gravity, and quantum chromodynamics, and quantum teleportation, etc. Absolutely amazing. \n\nHowever, as much as these predictions do not agree with our intuition, they have been verified over and over and over for decades and decades. So although it seems like nonsense, it appears to explain what we observe, and to make predictions which we can verify. \n\nSo is it believable? I guess it depends on what you mean by believable. It certainly does not agree with our day to day experiences and intuition. Is it repeatable, and does it make predictions that we find useful? Yes.