[Csci551-talk] random is not that random

[S. Rubin]

When I loop for max of 8 segments and pick at random a segment that I still need,
I get at most 2 different random values.  If a put a sleep after each rand call, I get a
better variety.  Since I am in the loop selecting a new random segment and a
random volunteer from whom I can download, I don't wait to get any responses,
I just blast off the requests.  Is this incorrect? Are we suppose to delay our
requests, or is ot fine to have a short sleep after each rand call in this loop?
Rand seems to be working better for loss as it does not occur at this short
intervals.
 
Sophia
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