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|    Re: %random% is not random?    |
|    22 Oct 23 22:03:11    |
      From: address@is.invalid              Herbert,              > There is a time line, so they have to be displayed in the given       > order, but the start of the sequence should be random.       ...       > But the number of pictures displayed in one session is always much lower       > than the total number of pictures.              In that case that concatenation will certainly work.              So, back to the %random% value.              Yes, in that case using the second %random% value will give a better       "random" (read: non-sequential) starting position than the first %random%       value.              Regards,       Rudy Wieser              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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