[I think these attributions are right] Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:45:19 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> ... why do you say that xoring random data with other random data >>> produces less randomness than you started with? >> blocksize <= number_of_blocks * blocksize >I must be thick, because that looks like a non sequitor to me. I don't >see the relevance.
Lawrence originally said something along the lines of this just being a way of taking some random data and producing "less random data". You're reading it as "(less random) data". The intent (I assume) is for it to be read as "less (random data)". Maybe it should be "fewer random data". After all, each byte in the block is discrete. -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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