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Originally posted by: arcimedesQuote
Originally posted by: slapinfunk
The speed of the processor tells you nothing of the frequency or cycle of the rng to even begin to think of timing it.
It could be randomizing 2 different cards for all you know and you never will.
Your missing the point.
And we should all just let this thread die...
The speed of the processor will determine how many cycles can be processed in a given amount of time. However, as you state, there are other factors as well. The program may be doing other things instead of shuffling constantly. But just how many other things could it really be doing? In addition, RNG algorithms are very basic science and well understood. IGT is not going to go off and build something that takes 1000s of more cycles when it is completely unnecessary. They might take a few more cycles, but not orders of magnitude different.
As for how VP machines work, I think that has been well established so we know your comment about "randomizing 2 different cards" is pure nonsense.
The only ones "missing the point" here are you and money (and a couple of others). It's not surprising you want to "let this thread die". However, you and money would look better if you just admitted you were wrong. (Like that's going to happen.)
BTW, I see the latest Dancer article mentioned some of the comments right here at LVA:
"Dozens of people countered that since I ended up losing more than the car was worth, it was a really stupid play or I was a terrible player."
To which he responded:
"People with a clue about successful gambling know that you need to look at the parameters of a play BEFORE you see the results --- and the actual results for one particular play are largely irrelevant"
In other words, Dancer pretty much said you guys don't have a "clue". I think that pretty much sums it up.
