On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > And while you're at it, what about /dev/yes and /dev/no to automate > > interactive scripts. Or, if you like the challenge, a /dev/fibonacci > > and a /dev/pi would be very welcome :) > > Yes, but is /dev/pi a suitable substite for /dev/random if you seek > far enough into it?
Only if you don't tell anyone exactly how far you're seeking, and if you permit arbitrarily large file offsets. In that case, it's a source of randomness (in that an observer who didn't know the file offset couldn't predict with 100% accuracy the next digit) -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ "Roger Penrose can never be convinced that this sentence is true." (If he doesn't get the joke, you can at least prove that he owes you money.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
