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|    R.Wieser to All    |
|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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