Yes, but only provided the universe lasts long enough for those digits to be computed! -TD
From: John Kelsey
To: Sarad AV , cyphrpunk@gmail.com CC: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:42:09 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Sarad AV
Sent: May 5, 2005 8:43 AM To: cyphrpunk@gmail.com Cc: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought Well, if it were generated by a random process, we'd expect to see every n-bit substring in there somewhere, sooner or later, since the sequence never ends or repeats. Thus, the wonderful joke/idea about selling advertising space in the binary expansion of pi. Not only will your message last forever, but it will be seen by any advanced civilization that develops math and computers, even ones in other galaxies.
--John