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random seed generation without user interaction?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff.Hodges@stanford.edu)
Mon Jun 5 22:19:13 2000
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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 19:08:53 -0700
So I'm curious about what all methods do folks currently use (on NT and unix)
to generate a random seed in the case where user interaction (e.g. the ol'
mouse pointer waving or keyboard tapping approaches) isn't a viable option?
thanks,
JeffH
