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Random seeds may not be random anymore

Posted By: Chase
Date: Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:02 a.m.

In Response To: Random seeds may not be random anymore (Stick)

Also, after using one of the random seed rollouts I again opened a new instance of XG and put in the same position but this time switched the seed number to one that I'd already used and rolled that out the same number of trials. Short version, using the same seed number will produce the same results.

I'm getting a different behavior. I opened a new instance of XG, went to settings and noted the seed. I changed the seed, clicked both Apply and Okay, then went immediately back into settings. The seed I had entered had reverted back to the one that was there when I started the program.

This issue aside, having a "random" seed persist throughout a session of performing rollouts of several different positions isn't the behavior I'd expect based on my request for a random seed. I suppose if it's consistent and repeatable, it doesn't make a big difference -- just odd.

Maybe someone else can check the behavior I describe above and report back.

Messages In This Thread

• 21S-63 Rollouts?
  Chase -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 9:01 a.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 11:39 a.m.
    • 21S-63 Rollouts?
      Chase -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 4:07 p.m.
      • 21S-63 Rollouts?
        Stick -- Monday, 26 April 2010, at 1:21 a.m.
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          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 26 April 2010, at 1:44 a.m.
          • 21S-63 Rollouts?
            Stick -- Monday, 26 April 2010, at 1:49 a.m.
            • 21S-63 Rollouts?
              David Rockwell -- Monday, 26 April 2010, at 1:00 p.m.
    • 21S-63 Rollouts?
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 5:56 p.m.
  • 21S-63 Rollouts?
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 8:04 p.m.
    • I'll do XG 3-ply RO for 21S-63 *NM*
      Chase -- Sunday, 25 April 2010, at 8:12 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Thursday, 29 April 2010, at 12:43 a.m.
  • XG 3-ply RO 21S-63
    Chase -- Sunday, 2 May 2010, at 8:46 a.m.
    • XG 4-ply RO 21S-63 just finished
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 2 May 2010, at 2:30 p.m.
      • XG 4-ply RO 21S-63 just finished
        Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 2 May 2010, at 7:16 p.m.
        • Random seeds may not be random anymore
          Chase -- Sunday, 2 May 2010, at 10:16 p.m.
          • Random seeds may not be random anymore
            Stick -- Sunday, 2 May 2010, at 10:48 p.m.
            • Random seeds may not be random anymore
              Chase -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:02 a.m.
              • Random seeds may not be random anymore
                eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:27 a.m.
          • Random seeds may not be random anymore
            eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:19 a.m.
        • How the new Random Seed works
          eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:09 a.m.
          • How the new Random Seed works
            Chase -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 1:23 a.m.
            • How the new Random Seed works
              Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 4:25 a.m.
          • How the new Random Seed works
            mtuhtan -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 5:31 a.m.
            • How the new Random Seed works
              Neil Robins -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 12:06 p.m.