-- On 21 Oct 2002 at 10:21, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > But no such "does it look random" test can tell good > PRNG from TRNG. You must peek under the hood.
More generally, one can never know something is random merely by looking at it, but only by knowing why it is random. One must have both theory and experiment. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG govZnfsYPhr1BzrbpYoLQVdfLp/FkKmHG9KFTFkI 4NCRqBJWFhDElvlvzDTaZGuTWNTAoXMMadfUryifo