David Clunie writes:
It would seem to me that someone somewhere should produce a "random number server" available via a well-known internet port number. Some natural phenomenon not readily available to all could be used to generate such numbers and one could just connect and ask for a number. It would be interesting to try to devise means by which interception or sequencing could be prevented.
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