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Physics is predictable

• UweSchmidt 13y ago
  To clarify: What's wrong with any hardware RNG that produces 0's and 1's straight from observing natural phenomena like "thermal noise, the photoelectric effect, and other quantum phenomena", as wikipedia puts it[1]. How can they do better than that; specifically, what do they mean with "demonstrably unpredictable values"? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_random_number_generator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_random_number_generato...
  • sp332 13y ago
    From the quote you already posted: "in any classical physical context". They're not talking about anything quantum.
    • UweSchmidt 13y ago
      Got it, thanks!