Smaller than milliseconds

2003-07-11 Thread Nelson Zink
Dar, > You can collect some random bits using the long seconds, I think, but I > don't think you want to base it on how long it takes to execute some > code. You might want to harvest it from operator interactions and if > you don't have enough of those, from Internet response times. The > numbe

Smaller than milliseconds?

2003-07-10 Thread Nelson Zink
J/, > If you're looking for a random number generator you should check out "a > new kind of science" by stephen wolfram. Wolfram's Rule 30 thing is great at producing a string of random digits, but what we need is a random seed. What we need is the finger that points out the section of Wolfram's

Smaller than milliseconds?

2003-07-10 Thread Nelson Zink
Microseconds? Now we're talkin'. OK, here's the deal: A high quality Random Number Generator (RNG) needs two things: a good seed and a clever algorithm to turn the seed into pattern-less numbers. A good seed is one that's unpredictable. And for good security RNGs, the seed often comes from some re

Smaller than milliseconds?

2003-07-09 Thread Nelson Zink
Is there any way to access a time period/measurement smaller than milliseconds in either MetaCard or Rev? Nelson Zink ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Re: Random Redirect

2002-11-01 Thread Nelson Zink
andu, > on startup > put "Location: " & any item of "urls, separated, by, comma" & crlf > put "Content-Type: text/html" & crlf & crlf > end startup > > This works with Apache. Bless you! Works without a hitch. Nelson ___ metacard mailing list [EMAI

Random Redirect

2002-11-01 Thread Nelson Zink
I'm using MetaCard/ Reveloution for cgi at my website and want to be able to randomly redirect to pages at my site. How does one send a redirect to the browser? Nelson ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: XY

2002-01-25 Thread Nelson Zink
Tereza, > To avoid bottling up the engine servicing your loop: > > on mouseMove mX, mY > put format( "horz: %d vert: %d", mX, mY ) > end mouseMove > > Scott Raney has told us in the past that "repeat until the mouseClick" is > not a good idea because it bolixes up the event handling in the en

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread Nelson Zink
Erik, > any MC analogues for the xy handler? on xy set cursor to cross set the numberformat to "0.##" --set the height of msg for three lines put the mouseloc into temp repeat until the mouseclick put "Loc: "&the mouseloc&" Horz: "&the mouseH&" Vert: "&the mouseV into temp2 p

cgi-MetaCard Gremlin

2001-12-07 Thread Nelson Zink
y this is, I have no idea. I use GoLive to upload and manage my site, if that makes any difference. If you're having strange problems getting cgi to work right, this may help. Nelson Zink ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ru

Moving an image in a curve

2001-11-09 Thread Nelson Zink
Startpoint --add to go counterclockwise end repeat end mouseup Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.

Julian Dates

2001-08-30 Thread Nelson Zink
to day if month<=2 then add 12 to month subtract 1 from year end if put trunc(year/100) into aa put (2-aa+trunc(aa/4)) into bb put trunc(365.25*year) into cc put trunc(30.6001*(month+1)) into dd put (bb+cc+dd+day+1720995) into julian Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-ar

Julian Dates

2001-08-30 Thread Nelson Zink
to day if month<=2 then add 12 to month subtract 1 from year end if put trunc(year/100) into aa put (2-aa+trunc(aa/4)) into bb put trunc(365.25*year) into cc put trunc(30.6001*(month+1)) into dd put (bb+cc+dd+day+1720995) into julian Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-ar

Extra Blank Sheet

2001-08-19 Thread Nelson Zink
When printing out a card from script I get an addition blank sheet. If I print from menu this doesn't happen. What setting(s) might be involved and need set? Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglis

Label Printing

2001-08-18 Thread Nelson Zink
Anybody have a label printing program they'd share? Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.

Re: OT: Page generation Do it locally or put the burden on the Web

2001-08-15 Thread Nelson Zink
uot; & cr --a non response end startup There is a slightly better explanation in Section 8 of http://www.navaching.com/pagem.html. This deal has been running for a couple years without a hitch. Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.

Lighting up GIFs

2001-08-09 Thread Nelson Zink
ll it. The file name's right there in it's 'image properties'. import paint from file "BronzeImage Folder/PMap.gif" is cranky and only works sometimes and not without the script editor complaining. Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.

marked cd number

2001-08-01 Thread Nelson Zink
How do I get the (marked) number of a current marked cd? the number of this marked cd --doesn't work, it just give the cd number. Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug repor

CrossPlatform

2001-07-26 Thread Nelson Zink
I've created a stack on my Mac to keep track of the editions of my wife's bronze sculpture. Cross town the gallery is PC, is there any way to get my stack to run on their PC without creating a standalone? Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/

Type 2 Errors and Crashed

2001-07-20 Thread Nelson Zink
and I'd like to attempt some kind of recovery rather than build forward from the last save. Then there is the data entered in the records. Any suggestions? Everything not on a record card seems alright if I tiptoe carefully. Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@li

Draw a Line

2001-07-18 Thread Nelson Zink
How might one draw a red line of medium width from say 100,100 to 200,200? Nelson Zink Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.