"Jeffrey W. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is an extraordinarily bad idea. Any person will be able to guess the > sequence of random numbers simply by guessing the time at which your > program was started.
And the impact of this depends on what the program is used for. If you're seeding the RNG for a crypto program, yes, this is bad. If you're seeding the RNG for a random sig generator, who cares? Why use up entropy for programs which don't need it? -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! The grass is always greener on the other side of your sunglasses.
