On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:59:50PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> It's pretty outrageous that anyone would try to patent rolling barcoded
> dice to generate random numbers.
If you have children at home you could just point a webcam at their
gameroom, or, depending on how obsessive compulsive their g
On Jul 22, 2010, at 8:59 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
> It's pretty outrageous that anyone would try to patent rolling barcoded
> dice to generate random numbers.
>
> I've been generating random strings from dice for years. I find that
> gamers' 20-sided dice are great; each roll gives you a hex dig
It's pretty outrageous that anyone would try to patent rolling barcoded
dice to generate random numbers.
I've been generating random strings from dice for years. I find that
gamers' 20-sided dice are great; each roll gives you a hex digit, and
anytime you roll a 17 thru 20, you just roll again.