Random numbers

[John (EBo) David]

KevinO wrote:
> 
> Craig S. wrote:
> a completely random (ok this is impossible in practice ...
> 
> You CAN get truly random numbers but it requires a little specialized hardware
> to do it. Make your noise using an analog technique and then sample and
> digitize it. With a little care and not much money it is very possible.

there was a scientific amirican artical about 10 years ago on building a
chaos white noise random generator usinging a diode operated in it's
unstable region and sampled...  They got the thing to sit there and
wonder all over the place.  Appearently the dude that made it was able
to get the built for just a couple of dollars at radio shack.  You would
likely be able to build it with an old junk radio or TV ;-)

  EBo --