On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote:
[...] > Or there's the more achievable random numbers thru lava lamps > > http://www.lavarnd.org/what/how-it-works.html Or better yet, dice: http://pudec.connotech.com/ It's amusing because it's true, you just need a secure seed and then a good next-number generation algorithm. And there is Mersenne Twister for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister I don't know what the current state-of-the-art is there though. Interesting to find out about. I do find it quite amusing to imagine a big lottery-style device down at your local bank, that is permanently spitting the dice into the air and reading the values as the land periodically. Someone walks by, "Oh, that's just protecting your money". Cool. Seriously though, I do think it's quite legitimate. > -- > Meski > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll > get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills -- silky http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
