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Old 03-28-2011, 11:40 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by citadel View Post
A manmade machine or system can never be truly random, just less than predictable. Similar to a perpetual motion device, it's very nature gets in the way of it's goal.
....Yeah we can. Certain matter emits particles randomly, yet at an average steady rate. If you hook up a very sensitive machine it can detect it. So take something with an average rate of 1 particle per second. Then if the machine senses a particle or two, it gives a yes answer. If there are no particles within that second, then it gives a no. Obviously the yes no would need to be delayed slightly, but its still a random creation device.

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