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Re: Dice roller
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 02:21:51 GMT
Original-From: 
steve <sjbaker1@airmail%AntiSpam%.net>
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Rob Antonishen wrote:
Noticed this on Boingboing:

"Introducing GameByEmail's Dice-O-Matic. Made from Legos, a USB
camera, and a bit of software, it's a home-grown, dice-rolling
monster. Don't let it's rickety looks deceive you; this puppy can
easily crank out the 20,000 rolls a day consumed by GamesByEmail. In
fact, at full speed it averages almost one roll a second, well over
80,000 a day!"

http://www.gamesbyemail.com/dicegenerator

I wonder just how random it actually is?

It would be interesting to do a complete statistical work-up of the
results.



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  Dice roller
 
Noticed this on Boingboing: "Introducing GameByEmail's Dice-O-Matic. Made from Legos, a USB camera, and a bit of software, it's a home-grown, dice-rolling monster. Don't let it's rickety looks deceive you; this puppy can easily crank out the 20,000 (...) (19 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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