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From random.org, used as a source for the data:

> RANDOM.ORG offers true random numbers to anyone on the Internet. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs.

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Give me a file the size of the universe, and my decompressor will re-sim the universe until the point of the file creation date and read the atmospheric noise from that point.

Ah missed that. Yeah then it may be good enough randomness.

But yeah - it may well be not entirely random, and if someone actually managed to build a compressor based off any slight bias, I think they deserve the 5000 :-).

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