Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:39:18 +0100 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <q@uni.de> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rand() is broken Message-ID: <20030204163918.GB11543@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <20030202131437.V79739@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <200302022006.PAA25355@valiant.cnchost.com> <20030202131437.V79739@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>
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--xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, 02.02.2003 at 13:23:38 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > I can think of one significant benefit... I had noticed that my perl > script to pick random windowmaker themes (which uses rand()) seemed to be > picking the same themes over and over again. Now I know why. :) I had to > create a "last seen" list to artificially increase the "randomness." Oh > wait, TWO benefits... xscreensaver is having the same problem. Well, I don't know for sure if XMMS uses rand/random, but I can tell you for sure that it's randomness _sucks_. It keeps playing the same songs from a Playlist again and again and again. Not very useful... --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+P+y2mArGtfDbn0QRAg3AAJ9GKhIh66OGgIHtOH3fjJaTaeQsZgCg5bLk cQgmk1AfQ5/lt0tUCVDfDqM= =V1VV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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