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From: Jeff-Relf.Me <@.>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:35:05 -0700 (Seattle)
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Subject: RDRAND has numerous problems.
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Ezekiel,  RDRAND has numerous problems;
if it worked properly, rand() would use it.

1. It doesn't work on most systems, including mine.
2. You can't guarantee that it'll work as advertized.

I don't see how passing the low bits of 
QueryPerformanceCounter() to srand() wouldn't
be good enough for anyone and everyone.