I feel like I'm seeing the random quotes be not so random. It's possible that I just spend too much time on the site and am imagining it, but didn't we have a randomizing problem before?
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Dana - Apr 20, 2009 6:36:25 pm PDT #2841 of 4673
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Typo Boy - Apr 20, 2009 8:35:29 pm PDT #2842 of 4673
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Random functions standard programming and scripting languages are not in fact random - but algorithms that yield pseudo random results So not an easy problem to solve. One thing that might help is we could maintain a counter while the user is logged, so the first time we generate a quote for a particular use, the seed is date/time, the second date/time X 2 the third date/time X 3. Or find some other way to make seeds for the random function differ more than they do. The problem is that while coming up with algorithms is not tough, testing them to see whether they actually work is pretty time consuming. Because it takes a lot of trials to determine whether the randomization is improved or not.
omnis_audis - Apr 27, 2009 10:52:43 pm PDT #2843 of 4673
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
In the links area, I tried clicking "Buffista Swag from CafePress" and got a
Oops! We're Sorry! We've been busy housecleaning and the page you're looking for could not be found. It may have been renamed, moved, or deleted. Please check the URL for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors.Dunno if it's a link thing on our end or theirs, but thought I'd mention it.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2009 12:37:41 pm PDT #2844 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sail, do you have this post: Tom Scola "Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell" Apr 11, 2007 3:35:51 pm PDT bookmarked? Do you mean to? Can you try unmarking it and tell me if Hil R. "Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed." Apr 28, 2009 3:34:32 pm PDT stays marked?
SailAweigh - Apr 29, 2009 1:47:38 pm PDT #2845 of 4673
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Weird. I unmarked that old Tom post and Hil's post unmarked itself, too.
Sidenote: are bookmarks supposed to be listed chronologically, because mine are all jumbled?
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2009 1:54:26 pm PDT #2846 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They should be ordered by the date you bookmarked them, Sail. Is that not happening for you?
Also--if you re-mark Tom's post, does Hil's come up marked again?
SailAweigh - Apr 29, 2009 2:04:36 pm PDT #2847 of 4673
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It doesn't look like it, ita. I thought I saw a couple of 2009 posts cheek by jowl with 2006 and 2007 and other older posts. Could just be my eyes playing tricks on me.
I went back and re-marked Tom's post and it also marked Hil's, again.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2009 2:11:29 pm PDT #2848 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sail, check Hil R. "Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed." Apr 28, 2009 3:34:32 pm PDT again now.
SailAweigh - Apr 29, 2009 2:15:16 pm PDT #2849 of 4673
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Aha! It is now unmarked. Very good.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2009 2:16:25 pm PDT #2850 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sail, it looks like the date bookmarked field got overwritten in the conversion--sorry about that.