Comments on: RANDOM.ORG

RANDOM.ORG

Kattullus — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:23:29 -0800

offers true random numbers to anyone on the Internet. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise. Also has subsites such as a coin flipper, dice roller and a jazz scale generator.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:39:30 -0800

I think the Quantum Random Bit Generator is more awesome.

By: goatdog

goatdog — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:04:11 -0800

I hereby endorse Random.org's integer generator to reorder one's Netflix queue.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:14:54 -0800

Yzu xpt uwu qpq loo rzt krw lnf qml uje. Flagged as random.

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:17:28 -0800

They just want you to think that atmospheric noise is random.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:17:46 -0800

A lot of gambling sites use this system, actually.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:33:56 -0800

My thousand-sided die works just fine, thanks.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:35:09 -0800

Atmospheric noise? Pfft.

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:41:52 -0800

Don't forget The lava lamp random number generator from SGI way back when.

By: dabhaid

dabhaid — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:13:33 -0800

The source of "atmospheric noise" is quite cheap compared to a quantum random bit generator - just tune a radio between stations.

By: syzygy

syzygy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:48:38 -0800

Conquer Club (prev) uses random.org to handle dice rolls (Scroll down to #17 - "How do the dice work?").

By: aberrant

aberrant — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:50:41 -0800

See also fourmilab's radioactive decay RNG.