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   Re: %random% is not random?   
   28 Nov 23 07:59:25   
   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   JJ,   
      
   > Interresting. It seems like the first use of the randomizer is   
   > like using timestamp solely for the random seed.   
      
   Yup.   But why do they output it ?   
      
   I thought it would be so you could use it to re-create a certain "random"   
   set of numbers, but I do not see any way to manually set the seed.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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