Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought
From: Sarad AV <jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com> Sent: May 5, 2005 8:43 AM To: cyphrpunk@gmail.com Cc: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought
Well, if it were generated by a random process, we'd expect to see every n-bit substring in there somewhere, sooner or later, since the sequence never ends or repeats. Thus, the wonderful joke/idea about selling advertising space in the binary expansion of pi. Not only will your message last forever, but it will be seen by any advanced civilization that develops math and computers, even ones in other galaxies. --John
Yes, but only provided the universe lasts long enough for those digits to be computed! -TD
From: John Kelsey <kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com> To: Sarad AV <jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com>, cyphrpunk@gmail.com CC: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:42:09 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Sarad AV <jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com> Sent: May 5, 2005 8:43 AM To: cyphrpunk@gmail.com Cc: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought
Well, if it were generated by a random process, we'd expect to see every n-bit substring in there somewhere, sooner or later, since the sequence never ends or repeats. Thus, the wonderful joke/idea about selling advertising space in the binary expansion of pi. Not only will your message last forever, but it will be seen by any advanced civilization that develops math and computers, even ones in other galaxies.
--John
Just a tiny interesting operation found out via routine misspelling that can breed paranoia in idle minds: sprint has smtp to SMS gateway for its customers running at messaging.sprintpcs.com, so if you e-mail to tendigitnumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com the user gets message on the phone. Interestingly enough, there is also valid domain messaging.sprintpsc.com (note the swapped last two letters) that resolves to no less than 8 IP addresses. Someone wants it really reliable: Addresses: 69.25.27.171, 66.150.161.141, 69.25.27.170, 69.25.27.172 66.150.161.133, 66.150.161.140, 66.150.161.134, 66.150.161.136 sprintpsc.com is operated by po-box identified entity: Registrant: Acme Mail Box 455 Miami, FL 33265 US 305-201-4774 and of course messages sent to tendigitnumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com do not end up on sprint's subscriber handset. Could be completely coincidental, of course. end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html
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