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  3. February 2008

Re: Random number access on the i5

On 04/02/2008, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It still isn't clear to me what you are trying to do. When you say
"Pick 1 winner" I am uncertain what a "winner is. Could there be more
than one winner, depending on the seed for the Random generator? I am
guessing that you are trying to generate a unique key, but that doesn't
quite fit the scenario, either. In other words, unless this is just an
exercise, what is the real problem you are trying to solve? There may
be another way to boil this cabbage??

I think Mark is literally trying to pick a winner in a lottery. He
must be able to demonstrate that he has taken all reasonable steps to
ensure that the winner is chosen at random.


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