Would it make any sense to build a card?
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 11:25:14 -0400, Michael R. Batchelor wrote:
>>My point is not that it doesn't yield useful randomness but that the
>>assertion that it is _completely unpredictable_ is false. This is, of
>>course, quite different to the assertion that it is not completely
>>predictable, with which I agree (over any finite time period).
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>But I think most of this is moot (despite the fact that I've contributed
>to the thread) because we're trying to devise something the average
>person can utilize. While it's true that I've built Geiger counters, and
>I've built random noise generators with diodes in avalanche, and I've
>had the guts of scores of computers strung across workbenches connected
>to lights, the hot water heater, ham radios, motion detectors, model
>rocket launchers, and a lot of other things, most people aren't
>interested in cobbling together some device. What's needed for the
>working public is to use some existing device which is "good enough".
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>MB
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