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Re:A variable signal at heart of the Milky Way by typon on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:59AM (#28840570)
"Random" is a very loaded word. If you were looking at some arbitrary nth digit of pi it would look random to you as well.
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Re:A variable signal at heart of the Milky Way by hasmanean on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @11:35AM (#28841025)
Some people will describe any non-periodic signal as random.
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Re:A variable signal at heart of the Milky Way by mcculley on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @11:03AM (#28840611)
Compressed or encrypted data should also look random.
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