----- Original Message -----
From: "Pablo Manalastas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PLUG Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] random number generator


> Do it the hard way, and use Knuth's Vol 2.  You will get
> better random numbers.

or do it the simple way... gather or combine some unpredictable noise on
your system like /proc/interrupts for example and modulos it for you  random
range. this will give you a true random value.

fooler.

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