True Random Number Generator Goes Online 439
amigoro writes "A 'true' random number generator that relies on the unpredictable quantum process of photon emission has gone online providing academic and scientific community access to true random numbers free of charge."
Wow! (Score:5, Funny)
gb fbyir n zngu ceboyrz yvxr:
qrevingvir bs (5*fva 3k +6pbf(-cv/2))
Avpr!
Urer vf n qverpg yvax gb gur trarengbe, lbh pna
qbjaybnq gur pyvrag sebz urer nf jryy:
uggc://enaqbz.veo.ue/
DEnaq Pbzznaq-yvar Hgvyvgl [i0.2, 2007-07-17]
Abgr 1: Pbzcvyrf haqre Ivfhny Fghqvb naq t++.
Abgr 2: Jvaqbjf rkrphgnoyr vapyhqrq.
Abgr 3: TAH Yvahk rkrphgnoyr vapyhqrq.
455FE10422CA29C4933F95052B792AB2 (Score:5, Funny)
Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Erm.. (Score:3, Funny)
It keeps changing on me!
Re:Don't misunderstand (Score:3, Funny)
Finally an improved software estimate methodology (Score:4, Funny)
Re:455FE10422CA29C4933F95052B792AB2 (Score:5, Funny)
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!!!
already discovered (Score:1, Funny)
Re:455FE10422CA29C4933F95052B792AB2 (Score:3, Funny)
Weird... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Other sources of true random numbers (Score:3, Funny)
45
7
183
33
23
send me $100 for each addition random number.
ok bonus day
44
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Captchas require calculus (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow! (Score:5, Funny)
derivative of (5*sin 3x +6cos(-pi/2))
7h15 15 345y. 6 * (05(-p1/2) = z3r0), 50 7h3 4n5w3r 15 ju57 15 * (05(3x).
|\/|y m07h3r (0u|d h4v3 d1ff3r3n71473d 7h47.
Re:455FE10422CA29C4933F95052B792AB2 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:quantum random number generators (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)
Sources of not so random numbers (Score:2, Funny)
Use 123, what does it matter anyway.
XKCD - Guaranteed to be Random (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Only God (Score:3, Funny)
Oh yeah? Being omniscient, wouldn't he know what number he'd generate before he generated it? Not too random, is it?
Re:Wait... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Here's what I do (Score:5, Funny)
It's random enough for my purposes.
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Dilbert Comic (Score:3, Funny)
[Tour of Accounting]
Accounting Troll: "Over here we have our random number generator"
Number Generator Troll: "Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine Nine"
Dilbert: "Are you sure that's random?"
Accounting Troll: "That's the problem with randomness: you can never be sure"
Re:Other sources of true random numbers (Score:3, Funny)
- Reasons for women to get upset
- Promises from politicians
- Patent applications
- Marketing terminology
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:2, Funny)
Given an infinite amount of time, the Windows 95 source code could be spewed out perfectly in sequence from a true random number generator.
Too bad we won't live that long, because we all know how bad-ass the Win95 source code is.
Web 2.0? monkeys!! (Score:5, Funny)
So in other words there really is *no* hope that web 2.0 will actually produce anything truly outstanding?
I got FC5052B792AB2455FE10422CA29C4933 (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
I've read that one, it sucked. The butler did it and they catch him in the end.
Your cat should have typed Hamlet.
Re:wonky definition of pseudo-random (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:3, Funny)
However, if you get a 1,001st 42, chances are it's just broken.
Re:Wait... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)
Too bad that's only ROT13: Not really the hardest of encryptions to crack.
Yeah, that's why I always apply it twice for extra security.
Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:2, Funny)
From a hardcore role player. (Score:2, Funny)
Geeks rejoice (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently it is a quantum signup form too (Score:3, Funny)
"Quantum Random Bit Generator Service: Sign up failed
Congratulations! You have successfully registered for QRBG Service.
Now, you can log in and check your quota and usage statistics, or just start using the Service."
I guess I have to stuff a cat in a box to see if my account actually works now.