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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Truly Random Numbers On A Quantum Computer?? Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 01:30:09 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <86h63cys29.fsf@example.com> <67e882b4@news.ausics.net> <67e9c299@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:30:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e859c0f06e08adb9708095145f85f77d"; logging-data="3056340"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18IhsEfFCy4JHt154er4h+y" User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DSPpfBJYXRIL9pkfPyVVon86UM4= On 31 Mar 2025 08:15:54 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Intel added random-number generation instructions to the x86 >> architecture; but how can be we sure they work as they're advertised? > > How can you be sure anything works as advertised? There are ways to test things. But not (easily) with randomness.