(11-01-2014 08:20 AM)Tad Carlucci Wrote: Proof of a 'pattern' is sufficient (but not necessary) to disprove 'random'
There is provably NO pattern to size, which is necessary (but not sufficient) to prove randomness.
Yes, I can prove there is no pattern. The proof requires an understanding of number theory, and information theory, which I doubt many here have and even fewer would like to plough through.
the only way to prove there's no pattern is to have an infinite number of data points.
Anything less and there could be a pattern that's so big you've not found it yet.
And if you find a pattern, unless you can prove that that pattern repeats reliably and infinitely it might still be a random factor.
E.g. coin flips.
If you flip a coin it might fall tails 2 times, heads 2 times, 10 times in a row.
That doesn't mean there's a pattern programmed into the coin that causes it to always fall twice on one side and then twice on another. You just got hit by randomness.
If I flip that same coin again I likely get something completely different.
And number theory when combined with computer generated random numbers? Not very useful as there's always a non-random factor involved.
An RNG isn't, it's always pseudo-random. Usually in software a timestamp at millisecond precision is used as a seed of the algorithm, but there are other ways.
(11-01-2014 12:12 PM)Kayleigh McMillan Wrote: I am positive it is random I've heard multiple of the owners and CSRs stating that.
I think there is a sort of sequence ofcourse when the server hands out an odd size just as with specials vendors; the rare can come to you after one try.
It must be so though, due to the sequences, some are extremely lucky while orhers aren't: random at it's best.
I doubt there's a programmed sequence. Of course if you generate enough kittens you'll find specific percentages of each, and over an interval they might seem to repeat at specific periods, but taken a large enough number of kittens (millions) you're going to find a random distribution of each size appearing with the totals matching the programmed percentages.
You might find a certain blip at times, coinciding with the RNG getting a fresh seed number, but that's it.
That's just how random number generators work.
Every 7 kittens born, 6 are normal size and 1 special size!
