Re: Random Number Generator -- MIDRANGE-L

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From: alan shore <SHOREA@dime.com>

> Surely, this cannot be a random number generator, as the same number will
be  generated at the same time of day.

as there are only 10000 possible 4-digit PINs, so what?
If you assign 30000 PINs a day you cycle through every
number three times already. If you don't do that many
PINs, but say only 100, then the chance that you will
the same number is small.



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