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WEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 1968 <br> | ||
SEPTEMBER | 248th day - 118 days to come | ||
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Felicia called. Letter from Bob Claude. They are still working <br> | |||
on <u>THESE UNITED STATES</u> & <u>FLINGERS</u>. | |||
1968 | Red a form letter from Phil Orbanes with the news <br> | ||
248th day - 118 days to come -Felicia called. Letter from Bob | that Gamescience is now part of Renwal. It is now called <br> | ||
"Operations Design Corporation". | |||
that Gamescience is now part of Renwal. It is now called "Operations Design Corporation Called Martin Gardner He was in the mood for a long talk | |||
He asked me if I knew the type of dice at present used in China I didn't but said I'd try to go to Chinatown and see if I could pick up a | Called Martin Gardner He was in the mood for a long talk. <br> | ||
He has learned that there are two types in Japan | Thanked him for the information he had sent me. Told him <br> | ||
I'd like to get a copy of <u>BAZAAR</u> to him for his boys. <br> | |||
e for all other games. | He'll contact me in a few weeks about getting together. <br> | ||
He told me of a book published in Sweden but written in English : - | I asked him if he ever made personal appearance <br> | ||
RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS | (for the teacher who asked me last spring). He said "no". <br> | ||
by Birger Jansson Stockholm, 1966 | It is too time consuming and he hates appearing in public. <br> | ||
He asked me if I knew the type of dice at present <br> | |||
used in China. I didn't but said I'd try to go to <br> | |||
Chinatown and see if I could pick up a pair. He said not <br> | |||
to go out of the way. He may get the answer from a <br> | |||
college Professor he who to. <br> | |||
[Diagram of two six sided dice - each showing the numbers 1, 2, and 3.] | |||
He has learned that there are two types in Japan, <br> | |||
similar in arrangement wit with opposite sides adding <br> | |||
to 7, but to opposite hand (as shown). <br> | |||
One is used only in <u>MAH-JONG</u> the others | |||
e for all other games. <br> | |||
Martin is doing a <s>piece for</s> column on dice. <br> | |||
He told me of a book published in Sweden but written in English : - <br> | |||
<u>RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS</u> <br> | |||
by Birger Jansson <br> | |||
Stockholm, 1966 <br> | |||
Victor Pettersons Bokindustri Aktiebolag | Victor Pettersons Bokindustri Aktiebolag | ||
This book mentions a set of 3-20 sided dice used for | This book mentions a set of 3-20 sided dice used for <br> | ||
generating random humbers. It is manufactured by the <br> | |||
Japanese Standards Assoc. (John Geiger mentioned that <br> | |||
they can be obtained in New York.) Each <s>dice</s> die has <br> | |||
the digit 0 to 9 twice and they are colored difterently <br> | |||
so that the 3 can be read in a definite order. |