Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 3 #302 - 16 msgs
Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 3 #302 - 16 msgs
- Subject: Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 3 #302 - 16 msgs
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 02:42:19 EST
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>"anyone who thinks he can get truly random numbers
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>out of a computer has got rocks in his head."
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There was some work done years ago that involved mixing decay
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counts of a radioactive source into the random number generator.
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I didn't follow the results, and the idea seems remarkably
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inappropriate for today's desktop and laptop machines anyhow.
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(Especially in the US, with its collective radioactivity
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paranoia.)
The best random number generator that I have found (personal interest) in
terms of true mathematical randomness has been the lava lamp-based random
number generators. You can find more about it at lavarand.sgi.com and
www.lavarnd.org .
=-= Marc
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