Tuesday, January 6, 2009

GNU to use BSE

In what is widely viewed as yet another feather to the much adorned cap of Indian economy. GNU, the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) sister organization recognized BSE Sensex as prime seed for its Random Number Generators in the GNU Scientific Library. GNU Spokesman, U. Namsekops, said that in the tests conducted proved BSE to be better random number generator than even physical random number generators (which some people also call "real" random number generators). These include dice, coin flips, the shuffling of playing cards, the use of yarrow stalks in the I Ching, and many other techniques.

BSE Sensex generated uniformaly distributed random numbers between 0 and 1 and consistently out performed the other well known methods of random number generation both "real" and "psuedo." It is said that, a "random number generator" based solely on deterministic computation cannot be regarded as a "true" random number generator, since its output is inherently predictable. As John von Neumann, the famous mathematician, once said, "Anyone who uses arithmetic methods to produce random numbers is in a state of sin." However if findings of GNU are to be believed, with BSE Triggered Random Number Generator (BTRNG (pronounced buttering) as it is being hailed), these skepticisms may be a thing of the past.

Experts also point out that apart from the random nature of the BSE, this shift demonstrates the growing clout of India as an emerging global super power. Such random number generation have practical applications ranging from cryptography to numerical calculations involving very high degree of randomness. With recognition of BSE as a seed for random number generation by GNU, a major milestone has been achieved in making the world recognize India as a global super power. This global recognition is a major boost to Indian Bussiness Establishment, as globally India is increasingly playing major role on all fronts.

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