Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Murray writes:
>> >Help me here! :-)
>> >
>> >In your observed sample, what was the white noise amplitude?
>> 
>> What do you mean by "amplitude" ?  The frequency deviation ?
>> The phase error ?
>
>The standard deviation of all the observation "amplitudes", measured
>in bits.

OK, then the answer is: "a couple of bits"

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