Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a random number?

Re:Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a ra... by NatW on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @10:06PM (#4514399)

Easy. The question is ambiguous and everyone else here isn't being particularly creative, yet.

Is the empty room inside e.g: a space station or a rocket? Am I a robot or an alien? Does the undergarment contain any wearable electronics with an antenna?

So let's say I'm an alien with an ability to detect the state of my antenna in my undergarment. I'll just occasionally check the level of a very high frequency electromagnetic wave in the antenna and occasionally write down the last significant digit of the output. no problem. ;)

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Re:Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a ra... by davidjones on Thursday September 13, 2012 @09:16AM (#4515950)

I don't really think it's creative to say "i'm an alien" and then solve the problem with some made up ability. Not to hate on your idea, it's just a bit disingenuous.

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