What are the odds of that??

[DirectorTsaarx]

Try this site for more information on random-number generators:
http://nhse.npac.syr.edu/random/index.html

[dogscoff]

I read somwhere that certain military systems have computers hooked up to cameras watching lava lamps, using the random movment of colours to gneratee random seeds for encryption purposes.

Or something. I might have dreamt it all=-)

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There is an exception to every rule. Including this one.

[jimbob55]

LOL. I knew lava lamps had to be useful for something

What we need is a sample of brownian motion like a good hot cup of tea......

[DirectorTsaarx]

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
I read somwhere that certain military systems have computers hooked up to cameras watching lava lamps, using the random movment of colours to gneratee random seeds for encryption purposes.

Or something. I might have dreamt it all=-)

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I think that was a University somewhere in California (or maybe it WAS a government lab - some of those are run by university types anyway). I remember looking at it 5 years ago and thinking it was a pretty cool idea.

And jimbob - a cup of tea isn't bad, but I thought it was obsoleted by bistromathics

[capnq]

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I think that was a University somewhere in California (or maybe it WAS a government lab - some of those are run by university types anyway).

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http://lavarand.sgi.com/

"...harnessing the power of Lava Lite® lamps to generate truly random numbers since 1996.
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Cap'n Q