Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
- Subject: Re: Random Numbers fasters than the osax
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 16:34:33 -0800
At 10:19 -0500 3/28/2002, Caleb Strockbine wrote:
>
"anyone who thinks he can get truly random numbers
>
out of a computer has got rocks in his head."
There was some work done years ago that involved mixing decay counts of a
radioactive source into the random number generator. I didn't follow the
results, and the idea seems remarkably inappropriate for today's desktop
and laptop machines anyhow. (Especially in the US, with its collective
radioactivity paranoia.)
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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