Michael Di Domenico wrote: > How many random numbers per day are you expecting?
One would be sufficient. > If everyone checks at exactly 1pm, should they all see the same > "random" number or should they each get their own "random" number? They should all see the same number. Example: a random number based on physical events which occurred on 8/10/11 would become available on or shortly after that day. Starting from the time it first becomes available, and going forward ideally forever, everybody who wants to should be able to retrieve that same random number. That is, nobody should be able to predict the number before hand, and everybody should be able to verify it later. So the number must be both random and etched in stone. > What kind of entropy are you expecting on "random"? In practice relatively little is needed, 16 bits should be plenty. (More wouldn't hurt, of course.) Regards, David Mathog mat...@caltech.edu Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
