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In article <ve9gucs@sgi.sgi.com> rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) writes:
>drake@Autodesk.COM (Dan Drake) writes:
>+---------------
>| Measure the time between successive particles detected by the counter.
>| Remember it.  Measure the time between the next two.  If it's less than
>| the first, generate 0; if more, generate 1; if the same, within your
>| means of measurement, drop it and try again.  Repeat as necessary.
>| 
>| If the half-life of your source is long enough (exercise for the
>| reader), the bias towards 1-bits will not be measurable.
>+---------------

>Well, if you simply reverse your 1/0 selection rule after every bit
>generated...

How accurately can time be measured?  How much does the dead time history
affect the results?  One can probably do better by counting the number of
events in a sufficient period; here dead time, up to an appropriate point
depending on the distribution of dead time relative to the decay rate,
is even an advantage.
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Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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