1995-09-23 - Re: Seeds which depend on machine states

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: patrick@verity.com (Patrick Horgan)
Message Hash: 9d470eb88ccf01a9355b67f8cf2c44df72522d45d290da2168b9a0bd4c645c5a
Message ID: <199509231543.LAA05907@frankenstein.piermont.com>
Reply To: <9509221519.AA19310@cantina.verity.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-23 15:43:53 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 23 Sep 95 08:43:53 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 95 08:43:53 PDT
To: patrick@verity.com (Patrick Horgan)
Subject: Re: Seeds which depend on machine states
In-Reply-To: <9509221519.AA19310@cantina.verity.com>
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Patrick Horgan writes:
> > Try getting a human to type with the same timing, to microsecond
> > precision, the same way twice.
> > 
> That assumes that you have someway of measuring the timing to microsecond
> precision.

PCs have accurate microsecond timers.

Perry

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