[42807] in Cypherpunks
Re: video as a source of public randomness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Nov 3 13:04:09 1995
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Cc: Tim Philp <bplib@wat.hookup.net>, JMKELSEY@delphi.com,
cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Nov 1995 10:12:52 PST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 12:08:47 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Timothy C. May writes:
> I don't plan to belabor this point. Radioactive decay sources are
> certainly fine, though not likely to be purchased by most people.
Video digitzation equipment connected to TV tuners turned to dead air,
your suggestion, are equally unlikely to be purchased by most
people. The geiger counters are very simple and cheap, too.
Perry
