[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Random Number Generators

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From: "Michael Evans" <mikonic@...>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:55:33 -0400
> 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,



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