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19 Apr 2024 04:02:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: (seed) could use a better explanation  
From: Kenneth
Date: 10 Oct 2005 14:35:00
Message: <web.434ab1456c2f1bf952c9f5e0@news.povray.org>
> WARP wrote....

>   ...From the point of view of the user it is almost as good as if seed()
> created completely new random streams for every different value of seed()
> because there's very seldom any overlapping.
>                                                           - Warp

FASCINATING!  POV's cryptographic scheme is quite amazing. It sure does
"stir the soup" of random numbers!  THANKS for taking the time to go into
this in such detail; I've never seen it so well-explained. Bottom line:  I
no longer need to worry about the exact value placed into SEED.  Happy days!

Ken


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