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28 Chapter 3 • Is Random Really Random?
Figure 3.2 Distribution of Password Characters
It is important to note that “even distribution” does not always mean that
random data is evenly distributed.There is only the possibility that the data
will be evenly distributed.The distribution in Figure 3.3 is not perfectly flat,
because even distribution is the statistical average after many samples. If you
flip a coin 100 times, you will not get exactly 50 heads and 50 tails.You may
have 46 heads and 54 tails, or you may have 52 heads and 48 tails.The more
you flip the coin, the closer it will get to the average of 50 percent each. Even
distribution ...