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Re: Pseudorandom Flow Labels

Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com> Tue, 05 April 2011 21:46 UTC

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To: james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
Subject: Re: Pseudorandom Flow Labels
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Comments: In-reply-to james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com> message dated "Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:44:25 -0700."
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:48:22 -0400
From: Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com>
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> I share your concern.  Would replacing "pseudo-random" with "low
>  discrepancy" address your concerns?

Replacing the term with another would be fine. That said, the real
issue is we need to define what we mean by whatever term we use.

Thomas

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