Totally random: how two math geeks with a lava lamp and a webcam are about to unleash chaos on the Internet
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Landon Noll and Simon Cooper are working on an improved random number generator (RNG), based on thermal noise emitted by a webcam (SEE www.lavarand.org).?The new arrangement?will replace a patented system, called Lavarand, which uses lava lamps to generate numbers.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2003
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Kingpin: Rob Glaser and his geek pals from Microsoft wanted to pull pro bowling out of the gutter
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Rob Galser's love affair with bowling when he was in high school is described. He loved the game so much that he built a two-lane bowling at Real.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
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