Quoting Nik Butler <nik@wired4life.org>:

> > Randomness is, of course a purely hypothetical concept - there is no such
> > thing as a Random number.  Simply sampling any given entity in the universe
> > for ay property will not do, because those states are physical absolutes
> and are predetermined by the state of everything else in the universe.

Since when?

Suggest that a quick visit to the library for "Six Not So Easy Pieces" by 
Richard Feynmann, and a flip to the chapter on Qunatum physics would be in 
order at this point.

Some states are:

1: Not, as it turns out, physical absolutes.
2: Not actually deterministic.

M.