On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 18:50 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/29/2006
> at 10:38 PM, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >No hardware or software (or both) generates random numbers.
>
> Nonsense. A device that monitors the decay of a radioactive isotope
> can be truly random. There are other techniques as well.
>From _Hackers_ (Steven Levy, 1984):
"Sussman told Minsky that he was using a certain
randomizing technique in his program because he
didn't want the machine to have any preconceived
notions. Minsky said, "Well, it has them, it's
just that you don't know what they are."
--
David Andrews
A. Duda and Sons, Inc.
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