NODE 973a25b8Re: Random Number Generators
Censored Girls Anonymous <carolann@censored.org>Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:06:20 +0800
Yes PERRYMOOSE (tm), this IS crypto related.
The Hypothesis:
Now....there oughta be a way to generate random numbers
using the signal to noise ratio of just this very list!
No, I'm not good at this sort of thing (we all know that)
but it is there as a random variable, within a random variable.
It's better than a clock for everyone gets messages differently.
But you can change the s/n ratio and durations of s/n to generate
the numbers on, so that it'd be pretty secure.
Something to think about :)
Love Always,
Carol Anne
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NODE 49d83b5cPrime Time....
Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>Sun, 28 Jan 1996 03:58:03 +0800
Something I ran across in an old book on number theory
In 1953 D.H.Lhmer used the SWAC calculator to check for Mersenne primes
(2^n-1). The largest one found was n=2281 - the runtime was 66 minutes.
Anybody with access to one of the new Cray fish-tanks want to get a
datapoint for the closest machine in 96 so we can check on how well
Moore's law worked?
Simon // Suddenly my Powerbook 140 seems fast again