This Amazon review of “A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates” by RAND had me rolling on the floor:
1,294 of 1,356 people found the following review helpful:
Sloppy.
1.0 out of 5 stars, July 27, 2005
By B. MCGROARTY (United States)
The book is a promising reference concept, but the execution is somewhat sloppy. Whatever algorithm they used was not fully tested. The bulk of each page seems random enough. However at the lower left and lower right of alternate pages, the number is found to increment directly.
That’s right up there with the review of how “The Story of Ping” is deft allegory about the UNIX utility.
March 24th, 2011 | 
