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New random number generator (RNG)

dataguru <datashaping <at> gmail.com> writes:
(Broken URL above to make Gmane happy.)

  This article seems to be about attempting to get better *cryptographic*
number generators.  This is not a very new idea ...

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/26942/is-pi-a-good-random-number-generator

  It could be a fun project, but I doubt it's better for practical
purposes than the well-tested existing RNG algorithms described in
?RNGkind ... 

  Ben Bolker