From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Herbert,   
      
   > They use the seed not as a seed but as the first   
   > random number and that I would call a bug.   
      
   At least two points of view :   
      
   1) Is the number random enough to be used ?  Than what does it matter ?   
      
   2) Its outputting the seed as the first number so you know where the   
   sequence comes from, and can possibly re-seed the random generator to create   
   the same sequence.   
      
   > So always discard the first %random% value you get.   
      
   As you do not like that the first returned value seems to fall in a certain   
   range (in your short timeframe) than that certainly seems to be a workable   
   fix.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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