Seeds

[Tim Peters]

[Ivan Van Laningham]
> What's the best way to obtain seeds for random number generators?

1. Spend an hour (probably less, if you're younger) at a porn site.

2. For one random bit, provoke Fredrik on c.l.py.  Note whether he
   laughs or snips back.

3. Avail yourself of one of the web's growing number of "truly random"
   bit servers.  For example, here's one that serves up random bits
   based on atmospheric noise:

    http://www.random.org/nform.html

4. Bet on whether "real GC" makes it into 1.6.

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