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Sep 13, 2015 at 6:57 comment added Dan Romik @RichardDore and others: the efficiency question leads to some interesting mathematics. See this paper by Yuval and my (slightly less, but still related) paper
Nov 29, 2010 at 16:38 comment added Max Are the bits generated independent of each other?
Aug 7, 2010 at 5:15 comment added Armin Straub @Yaakov: Lbh pna qb rira orggre ol gnxvat vagb nppbhag ubj zhpu cnvevat lbh ner qbvat... frr uggc://jjj.pbhefrf.snf.uneineq.rqh/~yvopf124/PF/pbvasyvc3.cqs
Jun 26, 2010 at 20:18 comment added Yaakov Baruch znxr rnpu cnve bs ovgf bs gur byq trarengbe n ovg bs gur arj bar ol gbffvat bhg mreb-mreb naq bar-bar cnvef; bar pna nyfb erplpyr gur gbffrq bhg cnvef ol cnvevat gurz nf jryy (naq gbffvat mreb-mreb-mreb-mreb naq bar-bar-bar-bar); erplpyr naq ercrng... Vf guvf nf rssvpvrag nf vg pna trg?
Jun 25, 2010 at 22:40 comment added BlueRaja @Richard @Nate: Guvf cebprff vf nyfb pnyyrq haovnfvat be juvgravat (uggc://ra.jvxvcrqvn.bet/jvxv/Uneqjner_enaqbz_ahzore_trarengbe#Fbsgjner_juvgravat). Guvf cntr (uggc://jjj.pvcuretbgu.bet/pelcgb/haovnfvat/) pynvzf gb unir n fgengrtl juvpu vf arne vqrny, gubhtu V unira'g unq gvzr gb ernq vg lrg.
Jun 25, 2010 at 22:32 comment added Richard Dore Nate: Nal fbyhgvba pbhyq gnxr n juvyr. Vs gur obk vf irel ovnfrq, rnpu syvc whfg vfa'g cebqhpvat gung zhpu ragebcl. V nz abj phevbhf, ubjrire, vs gurer vf n fbzrjung zber rssvpvrag fbyhgvba.
Jun 25, 2010 at 20:18 comment added Andy Putman I really like this one!
Jun 25, 2010 at 18:49 comment added BlueRaja @Nate: Yep, that's the simplest solution I know of. Good dinner conversation puzzle because most people don't figure it out, but when you hear the solution it's seems so simple...
Jun 25, 2010 at 16:19 comment added Nate Eldredge Qb lbh jnag gb cynpr fbzr rkgen pbaqvgvbaf ba gur rssvpvrapl bs gur nytbevguz? Bgurejvfr: trg gjb ahzoref sebz gur obk. Vs lbh trg n bar sbyybjrq ol mreb, erghea bar. Vs lbh trg mreb sbyybjrq ol bar, erghea mreb. Bgurejvfr gel ntnva. Guvf grezvangrf nyzbfg fheryl, ohg pbhyq gnxr n juvyr...
Jun 25, 2010 at 15:10 history answered BlueRaja CC BY-SA 2.5