I always maintain a timestamp in my random numbers. As long as my
precision is higher than my requests per second, wouldn't I be safe
from collisions? Assuming a time machine is not invented.
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Scott
Iphone says hello.
On Oct 16, 2009, at 11:29 AM, "Jerry Schwartz" <jschwa...@the-infoshop.com
> wrote:
JS] Just remember that the pseudo-random numbers that come out of a
computer,
regardless of where or how they are generated, are not guaranteed to
be
unique. Although the odds of a collision are slim, my philosophy has
always
been "if it's possible, it will happen - in the middle of your
vacation".
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