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A random number

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This pedagogical tip presents a physical means for generating a random number - that turns out to be not so random after all.

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 38, Issue 3
      September 2006
      367 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/1140123
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      • cover image ACM Conferences
        ITICSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
        June 2006
        390 pages
        ISBN:1595930558
        DOI:10.1145/1140124

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