From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 03:48:33 +0800
To: Gary Howland <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Truelly Random Numbers
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At 10:11 AM 3/3/96 -0500, Gary Howland wrote:
>Surely the process of counting up until you get a prime means
>that the chances of getting certain primes are greater than
>others (eg. 17 is more likely than 19) ?

In order to use this information, one would need to determine 
the number of primes in the vicinity of a potential prime factor.  
This costs more than actually checking for the factor, hence is 
not useful.

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