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  Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Jeremy Bentham <nobody@anemone.mooo.com> - 2015-10-21 23:39 +0200
    Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2015-10-21 14:47 -0700
      Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-21 16:42 -0600
        Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 08:34 -0700
          Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-22 11:49 -0600
            Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 18:11 -0700
              Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-22 21:52 -0400
              Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-22 21:58 -0400
                Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 21:34 -0700
                  Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-23 12:29 -0600
                Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-23 12:24 -0600
              Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-23 12:19 -0600
        Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? meagain <rick0.merrill@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 15:31 -0400
          Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-27 19:47 +0000
            Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 15:47 -0600
            Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2015-10-28 14:49 -0700
              Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-28 22:23 +0000
                Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2015-10-29 19:56 +0100
          A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-10-27 12:50 -0700
            Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-27 21:18 +0100
              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-27 20:49 +0000
              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-27 13:53 -0700
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-27 21:43 +0000
                  Better Randomness ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-10-27 22:41 -0700
                    Re: Better Randomness ? ! moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2015-10-28 14:33 +0000
                      Re: Better Randomness ? ! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-28 09:36 -0500
                        Re: Better Randomness ? ! benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 05:56 -0400
                      Re: Better Randomness ? ! "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-28 10:46 -0400
                      QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-10-28 08:28 -0700
                        Re: QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-28 11:48 -0400
                          RDRAND has numerous problems. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-10-28 09:35 -0700
                        Re: QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2015-10-28 16:17 +0000
                          QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-10-28 09:50 -0700
                      Re: Better Randomness ? ! Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2015-10-29 19:38 +0100
                        Re: Better Randomness ? ! Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-29 19:14 +0000
                          Re: Better Randomness ? ! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-29 13:10 -0700
                    Re: Better Randomness ? ! benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-30 05:45 -0400
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-28 07:07 -0500
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-28 17:13 -0600
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-10-29 00:27 +0000
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2015-10-28 14:59 -0700
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-28 22:21 +0000
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-28 17:14 -0600
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-28 16:29 -0700
                      Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-29 15:43 -0600
                      Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2015-10-29 23:36 +0100
              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. "Rice Rocketeer" <ricerocketeer@somemail.com> - 2015-10-28 11:57 +0100
            Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 15:47 -0600
              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-27 15:38 -0700
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-10-27 22:29 -0400
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. deep - 2015-10-27 21:08 -0600
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-27 20:58 -0700
                      Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 23:05 -0600
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 23:02 -0600
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 23:02 -0600
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-10-28 10:19 +0000
                      Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-28 17:20 -0600
                        Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-10-29 18:32 +0000
                          Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-29 19:19 +0000
                            Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-29 20:46 -0600
                              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-30 09:13 +0000
                                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-30 15:58 -0600
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 22:58 -0600
              Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-27 22:47 +0000
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 17:44 -0700
                Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 23:34 -0600
                  Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-10-28 19:08 +0000
                    Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-28 17:22 -0600
          Re: How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-27 15:46 -0600

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#328935 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

["Followup-To:" header set to alt.computer.security.]
On 2015-10-27, Peter K??hlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
>  wrote:
>
>> GreyCloud and Rick_Merrill wrote:
>>> > Right now, the NSA in Utah is using a new quantum computer to do the
>>> > job.  If you hear about talk or reports about experimenting with
>>> > quantum computers, then it has already been done.
>>> 
>>> And how many Qbits does it have??
>> 
>> Without looking, I know that
>> a real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.
>
> And as usual, you are wrong

Of course it would be good, if one wants to prevent this discussion from
degenerating into a grade 2 shouting match, for you to give evidence for
your statement.

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#328936 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

In article <n0om2e$ok6$1@dont-email.me>,
 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:

>  wrote:
> 
> > GreyCloud and Rick_Merrill wrote:
> >> > Right now, the NSA in Utah is using a new quantum computer to do the
> >> > job.  If you hear about talk or reports about experimenting with
> >> > quantum computers, then it has already been done.
> >> 
> >> And how many Qbits does it have??
> > 
> > Without looking, I know that
> > a real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.
> 
> And as usual, you are wrong

The only commercial quantum computer runs only one program that finds the global 
minimum of a function.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems

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#328949 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

On 2015-10-27, Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <n0om2e$ok6$1@dont-email.me>,
>  Peter K?hlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> > GreyCloud and Rick_Merrill wrote:
>> >> > Right now, the NSA in Utah is using a new quantum computer to do the
>> >> > job.  If you hear about talk or reports about experimenting with
>> >> > quantum computers, then it has already been done.
>> >> 
>> >> And how many Qbits does it have??
>> > 
>> > Without looking, I know that
>> > a real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.
>> 
>> And as usual, you are wrong
>
> The only commercial quantum computer runs only one program that finds the global 
> minimum of a function.

That is of course sufficient to solve almost all problems if it is true. 
Factoring-- find the minimum over p and q  of ( p q -n)^2 where n is the number and p
and q are the factors. 

Ie, a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
is incredibly powerful.

Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can. That is
still somewhat up in the air. And whether their computer actually uses
quantum mechanics in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).




>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems
>

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#329079 — Better Randomness ? !

Professor William_Unruh wrote:
> a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
> is incredibly powerful.
> 
> Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
> actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can. 
> 
> That is still somewhat up in the air. 
> And whether their computer actually uses quantum mechanics
> in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).

Better Randomness ? ! I don't think so.

Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
How ? !

I used genetic algorithms back in 1992;
it's no big deal, nothing new.

"Randomness" is just ignorance, nothing more.
Intrinsically, the (4D) timescape is static, immutable.
"Life" is virtual, not real.

We're robots, programmed to want food, water, air, etc.

Like the sun, stars and everything else...
we consume "exergy" (energy that can do work);
i.e. we ratchet entropy.

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#329129 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:

>Professor William_Unruh wrote:
>> a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
>> is incredibly powerful.
>> 
>> Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
>> actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can. 
>> 
>> That is still somewhat up in the air. 
>> And whether their computer actually uses quantum mechanics
>> in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).

>Better Randomness ? ! I don't think so.

>Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
>better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
>How ? !

Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness, "ignorance" as you put 
it.  Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.

On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as 
radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.

<snip crap>

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#329131 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

Michael Moroney wrote:

>Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:

*plonk*

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#329672 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

On 10/28/2015 10:36 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Michael Moroney wrote:
>
>> Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:
>
> *plonk*
>
excellent choice! Rolf gets it all the time.

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#329138 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

"Michael Moroney" <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote in message 
news:n0qmbc$8pt$1@pcls7.std.com...
> Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:
>
>>Professor William_Unruh wrote:
>>> a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
>>> is incredibly powerful.
>>>
>>> Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
>>> actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can.
>>>
>>> That is still somewhat up in the air.
>>> And whether their computer actually uses quantum mechanics
>>> in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).
>
>>Better Randomness ? ! I don't think so.
>
>>Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
>>better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
>>How ? !
>
> Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness, "ignorance" as you put
> it.  Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
> value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.
>
> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as
> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.
>

Agreed. There isn't really a software substitute for external "random" 
entropy.

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It is only arranging predetermined classes like a child will arrange toy 
blocks."

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5 Aug 2015 <pan.2015.08.05.14.06.13@localhost.localdomain>

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#329147 — QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness.

Replying to me, you (Michael_Moroney) wrote:
> > Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
> > better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
> > How ? !
> 
> Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness, 
> "ignorance" as you put it.  
> 
> Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
> value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.
> 
> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as 
> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.

Every second, a 64 bit counter on my 4 GigaHz PC,
QueryPerformanceCounter(), goes up by another 4 billion.

Use the low bits of that counter to seed srand(),
and you have a nice array of PSEUDO_random numbers;
no one could predict what's in the array.

How, pray tell, would that not be good enough ?

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#329155 — Re: QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness.

"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote in message 
news:Jeff-Relf.Me@Oct.28{8.28A.Seattle.2015}...
> Replying to me, you (Michael_Moroney) wrote:
>> > Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
>> > better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
>> > How ? !
>>
>> Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness,
>> "ignorance" as you put it.
>>
>> Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
>> value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.
>>
>> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as
>> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.
>
> Every second, a 64 bit counter on my 4 GigaHz PC,
> QueryPerformanceCounter(), goes up by another 4 billion.
>
> Use the low bits of that counter to seed srand(),
> and you have a nice array of PSEUDO_random numbers;
> no one could predict what's in the array.
>
> How, pray tell, would that not be good enough ?

You don't even need QueryPerformanceCounter - Intel added hardware support 
to make this even better.

<quote>
RDRAND (also RDRAND; previously known as Bull Mountain) is an instruction 
for returning random numbers from an Intel on-chip hardware random number 
generator. RDRAND is available in Ivy Bridge processors[a] and is part of 
the Intel 64 and IA-32 instruction set architectures. AMD added support for 
the instruction in June 2015.

The random number generator is compliant with security and cryptographic 
standards such as NIST SP 800-90A, FIPS 140-2, and ANSI X9.82. Intel also 
requested Cryptography Research Inc. to review the random number generator 
in 1999 and 2012, which resulted in two published papers: The Intel Random 
Number Generator in 1999, and Analysis of Intel's Ivy Bridge Digital Random 
Number Generator in 2012.
</quote>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RdRand


For just about everything (banking, ssh to work, etc) this is sufficient. 
But for extremely high security applications (NSA, military, etc) they want 
something much more random than this.

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#329185 — RDRAND has numerous problems.

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.

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#329176 — Re: QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness.

Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:

>Replying to me, you (Michael_Moroney) wrote:
>> > Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
>> > better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
>> > How ? !
>> 
>> Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness, 
>> "ignorance" as you put it.  
>> 
>> Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
>> value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.
>> 
>> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as 
>> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.

>Every second, a 64 bit counter on my 4 GigaHz PC,
>QueryPerformanceCounter(), goes up by another 4 billion.

>Use the low bits of that counter to seed srand(),
>and you have a nice array of PSEUDO_random numbers;

As I said, only pseudorandom, not genuinely random.

>no one could predict what's in the array.

>How, pray tell, would that not be good enough ?

"Good enough" depends on what you are up to.  Are you trying to generate
statistical noise for a test, or to encrypt something just so a casual
observer can't see a file/packet of not very significant importance?
Or are you trying to keep the NSA or some foreign government from ever
seeing the contents of a file?  Because if the NSA really wants to, 
they'll figure out your pseudorandom sequence and decrypt your file
just like that.

Remember, computers are deterministic.  I was just talking about someone
about using the computer's cycle counter to test memory latency in 
different configurations.  For a given configuration, a particular test
of his sees the cycle counter increment by the same amount, as long as 
interrupts, timer etc. are all locked out.

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#329195 — QueryPerformanceCounter() -- Better Randomness.

Replying to me, you (Michael_Moroney) wrote:
> > Every second, a 64 bit counter on my 4 GigaHz PC,
> > QueryPerformanceCounter(), goes up by another 4 billion.
> > 
> > Use the low bits of that counter to seed srand(),
> > and you have a nice array of PSEUDO_random numbers;
> > no one could predict what's in the array.
> 
> if the NSA really wants to, they'll figure out your 
> pseudorandom sequence and decrypt your file just like that.

Proof ?  are you just making it up, on the fly ?

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#329531 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

In article <n0qmbc$8pt$1@pcls7.std.com>
moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) wrote:
>
> Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:
>
> >Professor William_Unruh wrote:
> >> a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
> >> is incredibly powerful.
> >>
> >> Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
> >> actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can.
> >>
> >> That is still somewhat up in the air.
> >> And whether their computer actually uses quantum mechanics
> >> in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).
>
> >Better Randomness ? ! I don't think so.
>
> >Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
> >better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
> >How ? !
>
> Any computer algorithm is just pseudorandomness, "ignorance" as you put
> it.  Dig deep enough into the algorithm and you can _predict_ the next
> value, although doing so can be extremely difficult.

Seymour Cray and DEC Alpha designers managed it, AMD too.  
Intel, well not so much.

> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as
> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.

There is nothing random about radioactive decay.

> <snip crap>

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#329542 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

In article <edf94e286ab256dce6ced654ddf07a22@dizum.com>, Nomen Nescio
<nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

>In article <n0qmbc$8pt$1@pcls7.std.com>
>moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) wrote:

>> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as
>> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.
>
>There is nothing random about radioactive decay.

In terms of when an individual atom might decay there is. That is
completely random. All you know is that the probability that it will
decay in the next time-period of length equal to its half-life is just
0.5.

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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in 
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#329554 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

On 10/29/15, 12:14 PM, in article
291020151914153294%timstreater@greenbee.net, "Tim Streater"
<timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> In article <edf94e286ab256dce6ced654ddf07a22@dizum.com>, Nomen Nescio
> <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <n0qmbc$8pt$1@pcls7.std.com>
>> moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) wrote:
> 
>>> On the other hand, something based on truly random events, such as
>>> radioactive decay, is, well, truly random, if implemented properly.
>> 
>> There is nothing random about radioactive decay.
> 
> In terms of when an individual atom might decay there is. That is
> completely random.

Well, at least as far as we know. :)

> All you know is that the probability that it will
> decay in the next time-period of length equal to its half-life is just
> 0.5.



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#329671 — Re: Better Randomness ? !

On 10/28/2015 01:41 AM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
> Professor William_Unruh wrote:
>> a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
>> is incredibly powerful.
>>
>> Now the question of course is whether or not the DWave system can
>> actually find such minima faster than a classical computer can.
>>
>> That is still somewhat up in the air.
>> And whether their computer actually uses quantum mechanics
>> in the process (rather than thermal monti-carlo say).
>
> Better Randomness ? ! I don't think so.
>
> Seriously, _How_ could thermo/quantum randomness be
> better than what I've got, on my i7_4790s/Windows_8 PC ? !
> How ? !
>
> I used genetic algorithms back in 1992;
> it's no big deal, nothing new.
>
> "Randomness" is just ignorance, nothing more.
> Intrinsically, the (4D) timescape is static, immutable.
> "Life" is virtual, not real.
>
> We're robots, programmed to want food, water, air, etc.
>
> Like the sun, stars and everything else...
> we consume "exergy" (energy that can do work);
> i.e. we ratchet entropy.

There you go folks!

"Randomness" is just ignorance!

That means that to Rolf all life is random!



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#329100 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

William Unruh wrote:

>Ie, a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
>is incredibly powerful.

cola was invented to efficiency find the minimum human mental capacity
that could still manage to type.

Take the Ezekreep, as an example.  He thinks that proper perspective
of the "Linux choice problem" is that there are "3 new distros per
day", not that the *top* distros have barely changed in years.

Now *that* is some fscktarded thinking!

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#329308 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

On 10/28/15 06:07, chrisv wrote:
> William Unruh wrote:
>
>> Ie, a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
>> is incredibly powerful.
>
> cola was invented to efficiency find the minimum human mental capacity
> that could still manage to type.
>
> Take the Ezekreep, as an example.  He thinks that proper perspective
> of the "Linux choice problem" is that there are "3 new distros per
> day", not that the *top* distros have barely changed in years.
>
> Now *that* is some fscktarded thinking!
>
You fit the bill quite nicely for minimum mental capacity.

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#329323 — Re: A real quantum computer, doing real work, doesn't exist.

In article <m5e13b1urn4innici7c90n1eihb5u81khq@4ax.com>
chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> William Unruh wrote:
>
> >Ie, a program to efficiently find the minimum of an arbitrary function
> >is incredibly powerful.
>
> cola was invented to efficiency find the minimum human mental capacity
> that could still manage to type.
>
> Take the Ezekreep, as an example.  He thinks that proper perspective
> of the "Linux choice problem" is that there are "3 new distros per
> day", not that the *top* distros have barely changed in years.
>
> Now *that* is some fscktarded thinking!

Nope, he's exactly right.  And people complain about Windows 
update...

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