>From: "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Dec 18, 2004 2:51 PM
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source
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>These days the video entropy source is not a lava lamp, but a
>lens cap -
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On 17 Dec 2004 at 22:51, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and
> found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a
> non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et
> al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the
I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found
that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating
blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy
source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be
careful
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