On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Ray Dillinger wrote:
The rest of your post, I agree with.
First, your orbital random number server can only be put there by someone with enough bucks to launch a rocket -- whom you have to trust implicitly. None of the twenty or thirty people whom I trust implicitly has that much money. Heck, I don't even think I personally *know* anyone who has that much money.
Look into experimental rocketry and 'can satellites' (there's a link on /. about the later). The cost to put a bird in space is probably around $100k right now. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------