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- From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: random number generation
- Message-ID: <ve9gucs@sgi.sgi.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 07:05:32 GMT
- Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- drake@Autodesk.COM (Dan Drake) writes:
- +---------------
- | Measure the time between successive particles detected by the counter.
- | Remember it. Measure the time between the next two. If it's less than
- | the first, generate 0; if more, generate 1; if the same, within your
- | means of measurement, drop it and try again. Repeat as necessary.
- |
- | If the half-life of your source is long enough (exercise for the
- | reader), the bias towards 1-bits will not be measurable.
- +---------------
-
- Well, if you simply reverse your 1/0 selection rule after every bit
- generated...
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- -Rob
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