Re: Randomness sources for the IETF 2015-2016 Nomcom Selection

On 06/22/2015 14:45, John Levine wrote:
> > In particular, I see no reason to highlight the US Debt vs. that of
> > other countries or regions other than as a political statement.
> The US debt has many digits, and is published regularly by an agency
> with a tradition of not fudging the data.  It's a perfectly reasonable
> source of randomness.  It's a large number because the US is a large
> rich country.

Look, I think this issue is silly.  I'm just going to leave this link
here for peoples' enjoyment, though.

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/07/30/156371620/rigging-libor-banking-scandal-hits-home-literally

I don't have any problem (practical, philosophical, or otherwise) with
the references to or use of the US national debt.

-- 
Ted Faber, Computer Scientist, USC/ISI
http://www.isi.edu/~faber
http://www.isi.edu/~faber/contact.html

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