DIY Random Number Generator 227
Compu486 writes "The guys over at Inventgeek have come up with a project and how artical on building
a random number
generator that is less than 100.00 utilizing radioactive decay. Using some
Linux based open source apps and with a little ingenuity and some parts you probably
have laying around your house you can build your own."
apparently (Score:2, Insightful)
Pretty cool, but (Score:4, Insightful)
And besides, why the emphasis on shielding the camera? You'd think that for a RNG interference is good as it adds more randomness.
Re:Typos (Score:5, Insightful)
How long would it really take to edit each post before submitting it for public consumption? Slashdot is now one arm of OSTG, and as such their content should be held to the same standards as any other "official" publication.
And please, folks, don't take the easy way out with a generic "slashdot omelet" response: It's the varying points of view that make this site not interesting, not the various manglings of the English language.
Truthfully.
Re:Here's the money graph (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Old-school (Score:3, Insightful)
Give Him a Break (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Typos (Score:3, Insightful)
If you're going to attempt to be viewed as a professional, it helps to be able to pass 5th grade English.
Cheers,
Re:Wrong. Encryption is a valid application. (Score:3, Insightful)
2) Pseudo-random number generators (with a sufficiently random seed) aren't good enough? Then maybe you'll be able to tell me what comes next after this base64 encoded output of the
No, the grandparent is right. By avoiding our excellent pseudo-random number generators and going with this hacked together entropy generator you're more likely to decrease your security because of flaws in the hardware than gain a practical increase in security.
don't need radiation (Score:3, Insightful)
How about using a soundcard and ambient noise? Or you could use an AM radio receiver for static noise. There are plenty of other sources of randomness.
The internal version is a bad idea (Score:3, Insightful)
Come on, it's Taco (Score:5, Insightful)
Funny thing is, I read an interview with Rob where he said he's currently using a Mac. As far as I know, all recent Macs have the option of turning on spell checking across the OS -- so for instance, typing this on my Powerbook I see red underlines under misspelled words in the "Comment" text box on the submission page. Which means that he's either too lazy to turn this feature on -- or worse, too lazy to try and correct misspellings and typos that are already clearly marked.