On 8/4/05, Scott Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Pat Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:44 -0500, 2wsxdr5 wrote:
> >> There are also several places that you can get a reasonably random
> >> number for the seed from your machine. The amount of free disk space,
Pat Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:44 -0500, 2wsxdr5 wrote:
>> There are also several places that you can get a reasonably random
>> number for the seed from your machine. The amount of free disk space,
>> unless that doesn't change much on your machine. The amoun
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 14:44 -0500, 2wsxdr5 wrote:
> There are also several places that you can get a reasonably random
> number for the seed from your machine. The amount of free disk space,
> unless that doesn't change much on your machine. The amount of free
> RAM, (up time mod cpu usage).
Pat Adams wrote:
However, in answer to your question, there is no way to get TRUE
randomness in a computer system. Even cryptographically secure random
number generators can be predicted under absolutely identical
circumstances.
While technically that is true, there is a method that will gi
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 15:00 -0400, Scott Hamm wrote:
> I've noticed that rand() do not change on each query request. Is there a way
> I could get a TRUE randominess into MySQL?
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mathematical-functions.html
Are you using RAND() or RAND(n)? Using R
I've noticed that rand() do not change on each query request. Is there a way
I could get a TRUE randominess into MySQL?
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