{"id":1352,"date":"2013-08-17T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:06:21","slug":"randomness-definition-and-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"Randomness – definition and examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I did more keying into Google of random words to see what would come up. In fact, I actually keyed in the word “random.” Well, this amazing collection of photographs came up from a NY gallery named “rANDOM<\/a>.” Click on the link for an fabulous slide show of modern photography.<\/p>\n

Then I found a site called random website dot com<\/a>. There is a link in the middle which you click and a random website comes up. You then go back to the original page and click again for another site to come up. You can even add your own site!! How random is that!!<\/p>\n

Next, there was the site RANDOM.ORG<\/a>, which bills itself as a true randomness site. It tends to concentrate on randomness in numbers and offers a free password generating service.<\/p>\n

Their other free services are:<\/p>\n

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\nGames and Gambling<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nLottery Quick Pick<\/a> is perhaps the Internet’s most popular with over 170 lotteries
\nKeno Quick Pick<\/a> for the popular game played at many casinos
\nCoin Flipper<\/a> will give you heads or tails in many currencies
\nDice Roller<\/a> does exactly what it says on the tin
\nPlaying Card Shuffler<\/a> will draw cards from multiple shuffled decks
\nBirdie Fund Generator<\/a> will create birdie holes for golf courses<\/div>\n
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\nLists and Strings and Maps, Oh My!<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nList Randomizer<\/a> will randomize a list of anything you have (names, phone numbers, etc.)
\nString Generator<\/a> makes random alphanumeric strings
\nPassword Generator<\/a> makes secure passwords for your Wi-Fi or that extra Gmail account
\niGoogle Password Generator<\/a> is a handy tool for your iGoogle desktop
\nClock Time Generator<\/a> will pick random times of the day
\nCalendar Date Generator<\/a> will pick random days across nearly three and a half millennia
\nGeographic Coordinate Generator<\/a> will pick a random spot on our planet’s surface
\nBitmaps<\/a> in black and white
\nPregenerated Files<\/a> contain large amounts of downloadable random bits
\nPure White Audio Noise<\/a> for composition or just to test your audio equipment
\nJazz Scales<\/a> to practice improvisation for students of jazz guitar
\nSamuel Beckett<\/a>‘s randomly generated short prose
\nDNA Protein Sequence Randomizer<\/a> (at Bio-Web)<\/div>\n
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\nWeb Tools and Widgets for Your Pages<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\nInteger Widget Wizard<\/a> will put a mini-RANDOM.ORG on your web page or blog
\nDraw Widget Wizard<\/a> will put the result of a paid drawing on your web page or blog
\nHTTP API<\/a> to get true random numbers into your own code
\nGuidelines<\/a> describe how to avoid getting in trouble
\nBanned Hosts<\/a> lists who didn’t behave and have been blocked<\/div>\n
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\nThere are also paid services and links to learn about randomness and statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Random picture
\nHow long will this relationship last?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nFinally, from the Urban Dictionary – a definition of “random.”<\/p>\n

\nThe latest buzzword used amongst mindless teenagers as a way of showing just so utterly irreverent their predictable sense of humour is. Particularly dominant among English teens and University students, the word “random” or the act of being “random” is a desperate plea for others to recognise how totally against the grain of the norm you are and that you’re really crazy and out there. Trouble is, being “random” is predictable, boring, moronic and extremely sad indeed.<\/div>\n
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\nOpps – maybe I shouldn’t tell the other sites about this definition.<\/div>\n
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\nHave an organized day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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