On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 5:39 PM -0800 11/12/96, Sean Roach wrote:
Actually, here are ten. 2^.5 3^.5 2^(1/3) 5^.5 5^(1/3) 7^.5 11^.5 13^.5 17^.5 Pi For that patter the nth root of any prime number. A lifetime of "pads" could be distributed in one trip. Of course this still means that you have to make the trip, and write down all of the above with a referring codeword or number. Cheap, I know. Wonder if this type of "one time pad" is as foolproof as truly randomly generated ones.
You needn't wonder. These are not one time pads. Read any opening chapter of any book on crypto to see why.
However, there might be a good company you could put together around this idea.
(I wonder why nobody has thought of something so easy....)
this was proposed a couple months ago by a Robert Shueey, he first posted asking if "Irrational=Random". not sure if he got any responses.
--Tim
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