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comment by kleinbl00

    Douglas Aircraft Co., instrumental in Rand’s creation, provided a simple machine that registered random fluctuations in voltage and converted them into strings of ones and zeros. “I cannot overstate how much I want one of these things sitting on my desk,” says Mr. Briggs, whose next project is to build one.

Seconded. A brief perusal of the Internet turned up Chernobyl Dice which I absolutely don't need and absolutely do want.





orbat  ·  1290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Also have absolutely zero need for one of those and I'm pretty convinced I can't live without one