1996-12-04 - RE: Modulating the FM noise spectrum considered infeasible

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From: Charley Musselman <c.musselman@internetmci.com>
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-04 10:16:36 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 02:16:36 -0800 (PST)

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From: Charley Musselman <c.musselman@internetmci.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 02:16:36 -0800 (PST)
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: Modulating the FM noise spectrum considered infeasible
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At 10:38 AM 12/3/96 -0500, Bob Hettinga wrote:
>At 9:52 am -0500 12/3/96, James A. Tunnicliffe wrote:
>> At 2:55 am -0500 12/3/96, Timothy C. May wrote:
>>> [...]Having said this, Johnson noise makes a superior noise source,
>                          ^^^^^^^
>>> if a physical source is desired.
><snip>
>>Yours makes NOISE?  Impressive...
>>
>>In this case, I guess entropy is preferable to atrophy, though.  :-)
>
>Indeed.
>
>I've found that my Johnson only makes noise with the proper, er,
>peripheral, though...

Geez, guys, what's this?  Pound the physicist day?  Johnson noise
is the Brownian motion of electrons in an electronic circuit.  It
is the irreducible noise, often measured in temperature (obvious?)
Cheers,  Charley
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