-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:36:08 -0500, Edupage Editors wrote:
RANDOMLY GROOVY Scientists at Silicon Graphics have taken the mesmerizing flow of the lava lamp to the next level of utility -- using the favorite fixtures of the '60s to generate truly random numbers, something computers cannot do. The process involves using a digital camera to snap periodic shots of six oozing cylinders, combining those images with electronic noise and converting it into 1s and 0s, and then using the Secure Hash Algorithm from the National Institute of Standards and Technologies to compress and scramble the binary string to create a seed value for a standard random-number generator. (Scientific American Nov 97)
How do I implement this at home? ;*) - -- James F. Marshall, Esq., Pasadena, California Subject "JFM Public Key" for PGP Public Key - -- OS/2 is to Windows as Stradivarius is to Yamaha -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNHJOjDbjGennrhqZAQG9egP/bC1wgxS3y+ce3/T+qNsg2uqNzBm3yLkN W54kSEl+ou18wcdj0sYnsyD6hjJqFbte5jnZ72SKZmX5gufHJgbyadge4QiTwYe8 dbtAgg0R3ycY4Hb8CbCbE6KpWF5WHPs++WZ5oLQ0hCO5JcmK/e6AizxsW1nfR2hZ cAN4xQui6nY= =QgNJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----