>My point is not that it doesn't yield useful randomness but that the
>assertion that it is _completely unpredictable_ is false. This is, of
>course, quite different to the assertion that it is not completely
>predictable, with which I agree (over any finite time period).
But I think most of this is moot (despite the fact that I've contributed
to the thread) because we're trying to devise something the average
person can utilize. While it's true that I've built Geiger counters, and
I've built random noise generators with diodes in avalanche, and I've
had the guts of scores of computers strung across workbenches connected
to lights, the hot water heater, ham radios, motion detectors, model
rocket launchers, and a lot of other things, most people aren't
interested in cobbling together some device. What's needed for the
working public is to use some existing device which is "good enough".
MB
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