Passphrase FAQ: Getting started Table of contents Random numbers
are very hard to generate. Quite often non-random events affect
the randomness of devices or circuits. A suggestion would be to
make 1 to N markers and place them in a very good mixer. You
might want to try coin flipping, but if you have a person
involved, a coin flip can be biased enough to skew the results
over the long term. A ball method like several lotteries use is
a good random source, but don't use the numbers from the
lottery. Lottery numbers are a little to obvious and it is easy
to try them. A pool/billiards game uses a set of balls in a
bottle that allows only one ball to be extracted at a time. This
is a cheap and inexpensive source for random numbers. I leave it
to the reader to figure out how to get the 16 balls translated
to something useful for any particular application. Those who
are familiar with Dungeons and Dragons and the other role
playing games may already have a set of dice numbered in a
variety of sizes. The one cautio