Due to their very nature, getting computers to generate genuine random numbers can be difficult. While others have proposed things like recording static, etc. I have developed a simpler method:
1. Turn on my brother's laptop
2. Record the processesor speed
This generates a random number in the range of 512 Mhz - 1.79 Ghz.
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Laptop possibly too hot...
lol nice :lol:
Scientists just rig a camera and lava lamp to get random numbers.
My solar powered calculator should do it by how much sun it gets in my backpack.
Computer Stupidities is the greatest website on the Internet.
Many of those stories have actually happened to me during my tech years...
The best part, as I'm learning in a non-computer customer service job, is that peoples little "compooters are hard!!!!111one" defense doesn't work, because most of the blokes who would drill air holes into a three thousand dollar lump of plastic have problems with basic things like using fuel pumps, paying with a credit card, or understanding that a special on lays doesn't mean a sale on all the chips in the store.
Looking around on that site....
Quote:Him: "I can download games like Quake and play them during lunch, you know."
Me: "We're only allowed 10 megs in our accounts, and the system administrators would notice you downloading a large file."
Him: "Nah, I could hack it so he couldn't."
Me: "Ah, so you are into hacking. By the way do you know any programming languages?"
Him: "Yeah, of course."
Me: "Which ones?"
Him: "I can't tell you or else you'll use them."
Me: "Just by mentioning C++ or Pascal or whatever will not instantly make me a genius with those languages."
Him: "Oh sorry, I didn't understand you. Yeah, I know C++ and Pascal."
Me: "What compiler do you use?"
Him: "Well, Qbasic is my favorite."
Me: "Nobody over the age of eight uses QBasic for serious purposes."
Him: "But they made windows with QBasic."
I almost cried laughing.