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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: G DOT DegliEsposti AT ads DOT it, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:12:30 +0000
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Subject: Re: Re: real random numbers
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G DOT DegliEsposti AT ads DOT it wrote:
> 
> >Hmmm... That isn't true, you can easilly create a random number generator
> using
> >a diode and an A/D, or just sampling the enviroment sound ;-). There are a
> lot
> You are right! I would like to see a copy of libc with not only rand() and
> random(),
> but also ADrandom() !!! :-)

With Sound Blaster autodetect? ;-)))
 
> >of cases like that, not all involves an A/D converter, some signals (not
> >properlly grounded, etc) have random patterns. You can do it, but you need
> some
> >hard.
> 
> Of course. But I meant software solutions alone. I am not sure on this, but
> you don't need complicated hw: the system clock is often a good rng.

Yes if you don't poll it at regular intervals.

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