[117583] in Cypherpunks
re: otp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Mon Sep 6 16:54:22 1999
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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:40:10 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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At 12:57 PM -0700 1999-09-06, Anonymous wrote:
>At 10:24 AM 9/6/99 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>>The dead time of the Geiger tube will stop this from working. Geiger
>>counters are a poor choice for any such uses.
>
>Yes. They're low b/w, with available isotopes.
>
No, Anonymous, you're missing the point. It's not the isotopes that limit
one, it's the _dead time_ of the detector! Which is what I said.
Any rock store will carry enough samples to swamp a Geiger tube. The
bandwidth limit is due to dead time.
And, Anonymous, please point your remailer output to one of the _real_
Cypherpunks addresses, not the old toad.com address.
--Tim May
Don't tread on me.
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