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5 Sep 2024 08:15:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: random elements in blob object  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 5 Feb 2002 11:15:22
Message: <chrishuff-54F93A.11165805022002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3C5FBC39.8BF959D6@sw-tech.com>, Deaken <dwy### [at] sw-techcom> 
wrote:

> Wait.  The way I'm reading this, the smaller the (absolute value of the)
> seed is, the less the stream varies.

No, the less the seed varies, the less the stream varies (from other 
streams, not internally). Since only the first random number of each 
stream is used, this means there will be some variation, but it won't be 
random.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
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