[117593] in Cypherpunks
re: otp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Mon Sep 6 19:28:26 1999
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:01:15 -0400
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
I use a Bill Geiger counter.
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Tim May wrote:
> 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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