From: "Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]" <khijol!erc>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 13:45:22 PDT
To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Subject: Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape
In-Reply-To: <199509232229.SAA00612@nrk.com>
Message-ID: <199509242029.PAA02731@khijol>
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> As a hardware type, I'd prefer a diode noise generator over a
> radioactivity detector. I'd hate for the Fort to be tempted to fudge the
> latter's output by flooding my house from a black helicopter...

No, they'll just flood it with RF and force your diode to act as a 
detector - then they can feed you anything they like ;)

I learned the hard way - keep the transmitters away from a reverse-biased 
doide acting as a noise generator.  Only until I examined the output did 
I realize it wasn't random.  I fixed it, though, by looking at the output
and testing its randomness.
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Ed Carp, N7EKG    			Ed.Carp@linux.org, ecarp@netcom.com
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Q.	What's the trouble with writing an MS-DOS program to emulate Clinton?
A.	Figuring out what to do with the other 639K of memory.


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