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RandInt: For all your application random number needs...
- gdl 16y agoAwesome. I've been a longtime random.org user but have always complained about the lack of a Comic Sans interface. It seems my prayers have finally been answered: http://randint.com/labs/comicsans.php http://randint.com/labs/comicsans.php (My first Comic Sans number was 17 - it even feels more random than the competition!)
- dholowiski 16y agoCool, but I think your API is too complicated ;)
- ronnoch 16y agoCool. Would be even cooler if you could specify a range.
- deutronium 16y agoDoes anyone know how these are generated? Could anyone explain what this paragraph means from their FAQ: "Since 1992 at least 24 companies have set out to solve the random integer problem. Most fail for obvious reasons. It is rumored that a few of our competitors may have a 1-5 algo that works approximately 40% of the time. Our 1-100 algo is rock solid. In short, there is a consumer need for a random integer but the problem isn't easy. Even Google is rumored to be 2 years away from a reliable 1-50 algo." I'm probably being stupid but I don't understand what 'works approximately 40% of the time' means in this respect. Also this is cool : https://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/secure_generate.html https://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/secure_generate.html
- ggchappell 16y ago> Could anyone explain what this paragraph means from their FAQ: I think that's a joke.
- deutronium 16y agoHeh, I didn't even think about that. Doh. And also the 'fabled' '1-50' alg. they mention would easily be got using modulo.
- orangecat 16y agoI'm probably being stupid but I don't understand what 'works approximately 40% of the time' means in this respect. 1 and 5 are obviously not random, and 3 is suspiciously well-centered.
- aston 16y agoNo JSONP?
- adammichaelc 16y agoAnd sometimes it takes a break... http://i55.tinypic.com/1zr2743.png http://i55.tinypic.com/1zr2743.png
- adammichaelc 16y agoI guess nobody else took the time to keep refreshing the page to see the lolcat.
- dmn001 16y agohttp://www.random.org/ http://www.random.org/
- r11t 16y agoA command line version: curl -silent randint.com | grep "</h1>" | sed 's/\<\/h1\>//'
- hugh3 16y agoI got 88 on my first try. That's not very random at all. Seriously though, are these true random or pseudorandom? There's nothing to say how they're generated. I personally want a true quantum random number generator, so that I can use it to make decisions and be guaranteed that an alternate-universe counterpart of myself made the opposite decision. That way at least one of me is going to be right.