Re: [Phys-L] high-quality random number generator

[Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

On 2014, Feb 23, , at 11:53, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

> See previous reply.  It said in part:
>  1) Nothing on this earth is perfect.
>  2) You can make an RNG that is so close to perfect that is
>   will be the least of your worries.  For example, you can 
>   have one that produces 159.9999 bits of entropy in a 160 bit
>   word ... with the entropy evenly distributed over all 160
>   bit positions.  For details:  http://www.av8n.com/turbid/


That’s what happens when I violate my rule:  down load, read all, then post.

bc,  will now read the linked page(s)