Applications of randomness  From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search  Randomness has many
uses in art, statistics, cryptography, gambling, etc.  These
uses have different randomness requirements, which leads to the
use of different randomization methods. For example,
applications in cryptography have strict requirements[citation
needed], whereas other uses (such as generating a "quote of the
day") can use a looser standard of randomness.  Early uses[edit]
Many ancient cultures saw natural events as signs from the gods;
many attempted to discover the intentions of the gods through
various sorts of divination. The underlying theory was that the
condition of, say, a chicken's liver, was connected with,
perhaps, the dangerous storms or military or political fortune.
Divination is still practiced and on much the same basis as
formerly.   Unpredictable (by the humans involved) numbers
(usually taken to be random numbers) were first investigated in
the context of gambling developing, somet