Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:31:29 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Uptime and entropy in DOS
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> Flip the bits end-to-end, then multiply both values to get 64 bits.

That doesn't increase the entropy.  You need a source of more bits,
not logic to spread them more thinly.