On 5/22/07, Dan Zwell <dzwell / gmail.com> wrote:
> Roland Mai wrote:
> > I need a random number generator that generates random numbers with a
> > uniform distribution.
> >
> > I am not sure what rand does in ruby and I can't seem to find it online
> > either. My initial assumption is that it follows a uniform distribution,
> > but
> > I can't tell.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> Well, I would think that by definition it has a uniform distribution.
> Can you give an example of a RNG that does not have a uniform distribution?
>
>

http://xkcd.com/c221.html

Just Kidding.

-Harold