Re: [Tutor] Beginner - explaining 'Flip a coin' bug

2014-02-14 Thread David Hutto
Just to add a footnote to the above remember: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_seed unless setting your own random seed algorithm is applied. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.o

Re: [Tutor] Beginner - explaining 'Flip a coin' bug

2014-02-14 Thread David Hutto
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:49 PM, David Hutto wrote: > Here is a problem I've come across, from empirical evidence, that also > relates to your equation. We always assume > that their are always two probabilities, that a coin can be either head > or tails. > > However, there are dynamics within a

Re: [Tutor] Beginner - explaining 'Flip a coin' bug

2014-02-14 Thread David Hutto
Here is a problem I've come across, from empirical evidence, that also relates to your equation. We always assume that their are always two probabilities, that a coin can be either head or tails. However, there are dynamics within a third realm of the dimensionality of the coin...it's not a two d

Re: [Tutor] can I make a while loop true again

2014-02-14 Thread Peter Otten
Ian D wrote: > Anyway thanks. I wondered why array was being mentioned ha ha > So have I got this correct in that when I run a turtle program I am in > fact using this forever loop, so I do not need to use a while True loop at > all really in a turtle gui program? Yes. __

Re: [Tutor] if >= 0

2014-02-14 Thread ALAN GAULD
CCing the list. Please use Reply All when responding. > thanks Alan, i understand now zero is False.  That's right. but... > so if one of the 'if' test is false, that 'for' loop is also halted?  > and does not proceed to the next element? This bit  is wrong. The for loop will continue to comp