[Gllug] entropykey: why did nobody ever mention this thing before?

[Richard Jones]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:56:13PM +0100, Nix wrote:
> On 2 Aug 2010, Richard Jones spake thusly:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:32:19AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> >> However I'm suspicious that the numbers are really going to be random.
> >
> > By "really", I mean "in a way that would convince physicists and
> > philosophers", not would pass a chi-square test.
> 
> Conveniently there are better tests for randomness than that, which
> aren't terribly expensive and lead to reasonably good randomness.
> Convincing physicists is difficult enough if your source is non-
> quantum.

AIUI the avalanches that happen when a P-N junction breaks down are
based on quantum effects.  But IANAP (I am not a physicist, or a
philosopher ...)

Rich.

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