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   Re: %random% is not random?   
   22 Oct 23 11:48:07   
   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Herbert,   
      
   > If you switch on the Laptop every day at nearly the same time, you will   
   > always see the same pictures. I wouldn't call this "random enough".   
      
   In that case skipping the first result won't help much, if at all.   The   
   second number might *look* random, but isn't - as its calculated from the   
   first.    You just get a /different/ set of numbers.   
      
   Look at it like this : Assuming you are always switching your laptop on in   
   the same 15 minute timeframe.  By using the first result you get 15*60 = 900   
   different(?) results.  If you use the second result than you will again only   
   get 900 different(?) ones.  They will just be spread more thruout the full   
   range.   
      
   I used "(?)" because 'random' doesn't mean there can't be duplicate results.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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