A proper law

[Brian Morrison]

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On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:01:18 -0000 in 3E663B6E.1459.1C3299@localhost
"David Hansen" <davidh@spidacom.co.uk> wrote:

> Computers are not very good at generating one time pads. Indeed there 
> probably isn't anything good at generating them. Humans get bored and 
> repeat things eventually. Perhaps they could be generated by tracking 
> the movement of worms (I assume this is random due to the lack of 
> brain) or something.

Current methods involve using white noise generated by a semiconductor
device such as a noise diode being turned back into bits and then
processed to ensure randomness (in other words removing any non-random
artefacts).

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk
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