Searching For Randomness
from the not-so-easy dept
The NY Times (yes, yes, registration required) has an article about the difficulty of having computers come up with random numbers. They also discuss some of the sites on the web that have their own solutions based on geiger counters, radio static, and (of course) lava lamps. The best point is the discovery (come on, this had to be obvious, right?) that the lava lamp system worked just as well (actually, better) without the lava lamps.
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