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Updated Lib rand (markdown)

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1. Technique: ISAAC/ISAAC-64 random number generator
1. Technique: [ISAAC/ISAAC-64 RNG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAAC_%28cipher%29
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- http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaacafa.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAAC_%28cipher%29
- ISAAC is the main RNG used in rust at the moment
2. Technique: Testing quality of random numbers
- Very important! Extremely hard to tell if random numbers are "random enough" (a bug in an implementation, or a bad algorithm, can produce numbers that look random but aren't random enough for many purposes).