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Re: Pseudorandom Flow Labels

james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com> Tue, 05 April 2011 21:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: Pseudorandom Flow Labels
From: james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
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On Apr 5, 2011, at 13:36 , Thomas Narten wrote:
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> Case in point about how we are being *extremely* loose in using the term "pseudo random".

I share your concern.  Would replacing "pseudo-random" with "low discrepancy" address your concerns?


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james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
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