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Random #'s via CD-ROM?

To: [email protected] (Michael Brandt Handler)
Subject: Random #'s via CD-ROM?
From: [email protected] (Mike McNally)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 94 07:33:06 CDT
Cc: [email protected] (Cypherpunks)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]


Data on CD-ROM will in general be decidedly non-random, unless the
CD-ROM was purposely generated as a collection of random bits.  ASCII
text files and executables have all sorts of structure.  Even music
CD's are pretty useless as random bit sources.

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