Invisible wrote:
> What...the...hell...?
> 
> I just had a closer look at my test data. For reasons *beyond* my powers 
> of comprehension, I used a hand-written LCG psuedorandom number 
> generator to generate the file contents. Trouble is, the particular 
> coefficients I picked have a period of... four.

Familiar with the concept of NIH? (Not Invented Here)

I know the PRNG built into the standard C library sucks, but i think 
it's more random than .. well ... your example.

If you were creating a PRNG just fore the sheer academic fun of it, of 
course ignore my commentary.

> *WHY* would I do such a thing?! >_<
> 
> Of course, The *Real* WTF is that I seeded my broken PRNG using... the 
> system PRNG. Which actually works correctly.
> 
> Dude. Seriously. What the HELL was I smoking that day?? [shakes head in 
> disbelief] I literally cannot *believe* I managed to do something this 
> retarded...
> 

I've been wondering that on the project I've been working on. Seriously 
all day in a non-air conditioned manufacturing plant is not fun. Of 
course the component I'm working on is a major PITA, due to the sheer 
number of things that can go wrong both within my control and outside of 
my control. :/ and it deals with physical movement of mechanical parts. 
Not fun when you really screw up. (Thank God for limit switches)

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