Re: Truly Random Numbers On A Quantum Computer??

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On 29 Mar 2025 18:38:08 -0300, Mike Spencer wrote:
 

Talked to a guy at MIT in the 90s who was trying to extract random
numbers from the turbulence of gas surrounding a hard drive.  Never
learned the tech or theoretical details -- above my amateur pay grade.

 
That is in production use today. I believe it's a standard part of the
entropy-gathering process in the Linux kernel.

Cool.  I hope my friend, with whom I've lost contact, has been able to
cash in on the  development, either academicaally or financially.

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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada