Well as we'll see later in the term, we're going to use a lot of randomness in a lot of our programs. Where we essentially do the equivalent of flipping coins or rolling dice.

我们会在晚些时候学到，我们会在很多程序中,用到一系列的随机检验,这跟掷骰子或者扔硬币差不多。

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He says, "to succeed in many things or many times is 'difficult.' For instance, to repeat the same throw of dice 10,000 times would be impossible; whereas, to make it once or twice is comparatively easy."

他说,要成就很多事情,或成就一件事情很多次,是很困难的,比如,掷一万次骰子都得到同样的结果,是不可能的,但是,掷一两次却是相对容易的

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