Description: Dice is a simple (but gauss-distributed) dice for the plasma desktop.
I am thinking about using it to grade my students ;-)
It is a python plasmoid and uses random.gauss() to distribute the grades gaussian-like.Last changelog:
Version 0.1 is very basic: Only a label to display the result and a button to roll the dice. Eye-candy (and maybe artwork) is scheduled for the next version.
I meant no insult..
Gauss is wrong distribution for die throw simulation, that I believed this plasmoid is all about..how ever useless it might be.
I did not consider grading students:) as valid purpose of this plamoid, in which case it makes sense to use gauss.
Why did you use gauss-distribution?
I believe it should have been uniform distribution, unless cube is unbalanced;)
But really gauss can not be applied in this case , considering only that one cube is 'thrown' at a time.
look at this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_distribution_(discrete)
Ever graded students? They don't want their grades box-distributed. While their might be lots of 1 (A's), there will be the same number of 6 (F's)...
I don't think a normal stand-alone dice is needed for anything in computers (unless you take your PC to the table where you play with your friends).
But choosing the distribution and the element-range is something that is planned.
BTW: I know statistics, I do them everyday for a living;-)
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I meant no insult.. Gauss is wrong distribution for die throw simulation, that I believed this plasmoid is all about..how ever useless it might be. I did not consider grading students:) as valid purpose of this plamoid, in which case it makes sense to use gauss.
Why did you use gauss-distribution? I believe it should have been uniform distribution, unless cube is unbalanced;) But really gauss can not be applied in this case , considering only that one cube is 'thrown' at a time. look at this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_distribution_(discrete)
Ever graded students? They don't want their grades box-distributed. While their might be lots of 1 (A's), there will be the same number of 6 (F's)... I don't think a normal stand-alone dice is needed for anything in computers (unless you take your PC to the table where you play with your friends). But choosing the distribution and the element-range is something that is planned. BTW: I know statistics, I do them everyday for a living;-)