No two card shuffles will EVER be the same.

Flint · 02-04-2008, 04:10 PM

Well, in reality, one shuffle does affect the next one, because it isn't really starting from a random order. But I'm assuming the shuffles are random for the purposes of this discussion. Which I feel okay with, because we're talking about all card decks that exist, have ever existed, and will ever exist. They don't have any effect on each other. Of course, I'm calculationg the factorial as if we're talking about one single deck. That's okay because they're all the same, if you assume we're talking about standard 52-card decks. Which we are.

I guess I'm really just avoiding your question.

02-04-2008, 04:10 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Well, in reality, one shuffle does affect the next one, because it isn't really starting from a random order. But I'm assuming the shuffles are random for the purposes of this discussion. Which I feel okay with, because we're talking about all card decks that exist, have ever existed, and will ever exist. They don't have any effect on each other. Of course, I'm calculationg the factorial as if we're talking about one single deck. That's okay because they're all the same, if you assume we're talking about standard 52-card decks. Which we are. I guess I'm really just avoiding your question. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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