On 05/25/2013 09:49 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
John Ladasky <[email protected]> wrote:
Because someone's got to say it... "The generation of random numbers is too
important to be left to chance." ‹ Robert R. Coveyou
Absolutely. I know just enough about random number generation to
understand that I don't really know anything about it :-)
That being said, people who really care about random numbers, tend to
rely on some sort of physical process instead of computer algorithms. A
classic example would be /dev/random. A somewhat more fun example is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8LNxGbZbs. Something radioactive and a
geiger counter are a good source of randomness (time intervals between
decay events).
That's good unless you're a cat, and you belong to Schroedinger...
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