> I can't help but think that any number generated by a computer could not be > truly random unless it derived its randomness from nature. > > tedd: Maybe we could set up a server on the internet hooked to a geiger counter pointed at a radio-active source and, just like the time-servers on the net, an app could query the server via TCP/IP for a set of n random numbers between x and y.... Let's see at $0.000001 per number issued..... Sounds Like a business to me.... ;) Cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------- Michael Evans Manager of Software Development * Photo Systems, Inc. 3301 Wood Valley Road, NW * Atlanta, GA, 30327-1515 Voice: (404) 846-9386 Fax: (404) 240-0878 * Cell: (404) 229-3930 E-mail: evans@... * michael_evans@... ----------------------------------------------------------