May 28, 2011

Top rotation -- more random now?

A couple of days ago when I rebooted my computer, I got prompted to install a new version of Flash, and since then I've been seeing pictures I hadn't seen before. I wonder if Adobe changed how they seed the random number generator?

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Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Site Stuff at 03:26 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 I always was ok with the randomness of the rotation (using official binary plug-in on Linux -- presumably same PRNG as any other Adobe plug-in).

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at May 28, 2011 03:44 PM (9KseV)

2 Strange - after clicking your logo in the lower left-hand corner a few time,s I got a gray square labeled Kampfer - no pic.  I have not been able to reproduce it - all clicks since then have produced a new picture...

Posted by: Siergen at May 28, 2011 06:19 PM (RnayE)

3

One way that can happen is if I screw up the table in the flash file and say there are more images for a given series than there really are. But I just checked, and the number is right.

The other way that can happen is if it tries to open the file and the transaction with the server fails. There are a dozen ways that can happen.

It doesn't have anything to do with you clicking the logo as such. That just makes the page reload. It's exactly the same as hitting the "reload" button on your browser.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 28, 2011 06:38 PM (+rSRq)

4 For what it's worth, it's been something like four days since I saw something other than a Rio Rainbow Gate! image at the top of the screen when I've visited.

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Posted by: Wonderduck at May 29, 2011 08:00 PM (n0k6M)

5 Ah! Looks like J's anti-duck detection code is working!

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 29, 2011 08:19 PM (+rSRq)

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