17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Data on CD-ROM will in general be decidedly non-random, unless the CD-ROM was purposely generated as a collection of random bits. ASCII text files and executables have all sorts of structure. Even music CD's are pretty useless as random bit sources. -- | GOOD TIME FOR MOVIE - GOING ||| Mike McNally <m5@tivoli.com> | | TAKE TWA TO CAIRO. ||| Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX: | | (actual fortune cookie) ||| "Like A Little Bit of Semi-Heaven" |