So imagine you’re running an email based game service which often requires that random dice rolls be generated. You could just use a pseudo-random number generating algorithm, but your customers complain that they’re convinced — convinced mind you — that the algorithm isn’t random enough. You might do any number of things, but it takes a special kind of geekdom to go the GamesByEmail.com route and build a Dice-O-Matic — a 7 foot tall dice rolling machine that roles physical dice up to 1.3 million times a day which are then scanned and the result written to a database where they can then be called upon during games.
Whew. The link is worth visiting to see all that went into making this randomizing monstrosity.
