Re: when the rain begins to fall
From: Benjamin Goldberg (goldbb2_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/30/03
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:14:45 -0400
Rex Stewart wrote:
> > "terminal" wrote:
> > Chorus:
> > And wheN The rain begins to fall
>
> While the poem / song itself is off topic, it did give
> me an idea for a random number generator :-)
Measure intervals between raindrops, and run them through an entropy
extractor (similar to what one would do with geiger counter click
intervals)?
Sadly, the problem with this idea is that it doesn't produce any bits on
a sunny day. However, since you should be outdoors having fun, instead
of sitting in front of a computer, on such days, that might not be such
a problem :)
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$a=24;split//,240513;s/\B/ => /for@@=qw(ac ab bc ba cb ca
);{push(@b,$a),($a-=6)^=1 for 2..$a/6x--$|;print "$@[$a%6
]\n";((6<=($a-=6))?$a+=$_[$a%6]-$a%6:($a=pop @b))&&redo;}
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