Random.org is a great site to read up on random numbers, with Bo Allen highlighting some differences.
Bitmap generated by a True Random Number Generator (TRNG) via atmospheric noise :
Bitmap generated by a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) :
Friday, May 23, 2008
Random musings
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If I had not made the bitmap generator with PHP's "rand()" in the WAMP environment, I would never have known there are possible issues with it.
And now we know he slept through some basic CS courses.
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