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bug #43997: Random.org

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 13 Jan 2015 12:20:38 PM UTC
   
 
Originator Name:  Peter Maspero Originator Email:  * -email is unavailable-
Item Group:  Other bug Category:  Other
Release:  * 1.04-Release Privacy:  Public
Operating System:  Windows XP Severity:  3 - Normal
Open/Closed:  Closed Assigned to:  mdpetch
Priority:  5 - Normal Status:  Please Upgrade
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Sun 21 May 2017 09:25:32 PM UTC, comment #5: 

This issue in fixed in version 1.05.

Philippe Michel <plm>
Group administrator
Wed 21 Jan 2015 09:07:21 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I am working on a new release to resolve this issue. However, the problem should not be occurring at the moment even with 1.04.00x . The admins at www.random.org have given us a reprieve for a few months and allowed us to access their random numbers as we have in the past. If you were to try random.org at the moment you should find that this isn't a problem. The next Windows release will be in the next couple weeks although a preview (unofficial 1.05 version) with the proper fix can be found here:

http://www.gnubg.org/media/windows/gnubg-1_05_000-dev1-20150120-setup.exe

This is a completely new environment and it is best to

a) uninstall previous version of GNUbg from the directory before installing this version on top of the old (in the same directory)
b) Install this version in a completely different directory than the old.

Your preferences and settings though can be reused.

Michael Petch <mdpetch>
Group administrator
Tue 13 Jan 2015 04:49:31 PM UTC, comment #3: 

For those who find this bug, I'll offer up a technical reason for the failure. The issue is that it appears www.random.org must have changed recently in that it requires 'https' to retrieve the dice and we only support 'http' .

Michael Petch <mdpetch>
Group administrator
Tue 13 Jan 2015 04:25:17 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Oops I didn't click Random.org when I did my test. Now that I set it correctly, I see what you are observing. I will look into it. Possibly random.org change their site and we are picking up non random values. I am marking this bug as confirmed.

For now I suggest Mersenne Twister. My 5000 roll test was fine.

Thanks for the report!

Michael Petch <mdpetch>
Group administrator
Tue 13 Jan 2015 04:15:01 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Using 1.04.000 I played 10 matches and about 5000 rolls and did a statistical study on the dice. There doesn't apear to be a problem.

I need to get a better understanding about what isn't random. You give an example w 3.1, b4.1, w2.2, b6.2 . Is there something not random about that? If so, in what way?

Thanks

Michael Petch <mdpetch>
Group administrator
Tue 13 Jan 2015 12:20:38 PM UTC, original submission:  

Of late the programme picks up the same old dice numbers and not random eg: w 3.1, b4.1, w2.2, b6.2.... This does not give confidence on 'cheating' its hard enough to win anyway!
The same applies on my laptop win 8.1 64 bit.
Any thoughts on how to regenerate true random numbers apart from manual throwing?
Rgds
Peter (it's still a great game)

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    2017-05-21 plm Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        StatusIn Progress Please Upgrade
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