Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-25 Thread Jay Litwyn
The traditional way to make a random number is to apply a pseudo-random number generator [[PRNG]] to the time. More crypto-savvy PRNG's use mouse-clicks and keyboard timings, coupled with samplings of the real-time clock (in BCD mode) and storings of a seed value. /dev/random under Mandrake

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-23 Thread Jay Litwyn
Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote in message news:f3fedb0d0902201736t168c934ft9fe75db55a5ca...@mail.gmail.com... (Is 11,234.4987 odd?) To answer your question, I must round the figure to an integer, because odd and even are only defined within the set of integers. So, either yes or

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-21 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/21 David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com: Isn't the traditional way to link to some outside number--parimutual handle, stock market figures, whatever. Our template code may be Turing-complete, but I don't think it has live feed access to the stock markets...

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-21 Thread Oskar Sigvardsson
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Sam Korn smo...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Our template code may be Turing-complete, but I don't think it has live feed access to the stock markets... [[WP:BEANS]] Are you seriously

[WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Judson Dunn
For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Judson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan Derksen
- Original Message - From: Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ What does he do if the article gets deleted? Burn the money? :) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Oskar Sigvardsson
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Ahh, but Black-Hat Man hasn't anticipated our response! We'd delete the article on grounds of notability! We'd be the only ones (besides his girlfriend) to

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread The Cunctator
Depends what event he appears at. But yes, I would expect the deletionists to go nuts with this. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org wrote: For your comedy pleasure :)

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread David Gerard
2009/2/20 Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ Ahh, but Black-Hat Man hasn't anticipated our response! We'd delete the article on grounds of notability!

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread David Gerard
2009/2/20 The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com: Depends what event he appears at. But yes, I would expect the deletionists to go nuts with this. I get people calling me a radical inclusionist. This is the sorta crap that makes *me* go mad with an axe. - d.

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread George Herbert
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.ukwrote: Judson Dunn wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) It's actually a good point; when one looks at our articles on Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot, a neutral point of view is somewhat

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Kat Walsh
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Ahh, but Black-Hat Man hasn't anticipated our response! We'd delete

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Alvaro GarcĂ­a
Now this turned into a discussion... -- Alvaro On 20-02-2009, at 22:12, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Judson Dunn wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) It's

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread Kevin Wong
But is that event even notable? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.orgwrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Judson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread geni
2009/2/21 Kat Walsh k...@mindspillage.org: On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Judson Dunn cohes...@sleepyhead.org wrote: For your comedy pleasure :) http://xkcd.com/545/ chaos! :) Ahh, but Black-Hat Man

Re: [WikiEN-l] xkcd

2009-02-20 Thread David Goodman
Isn't the traditional way to link to some outside number--parimutual handle, stock market figures, whatever. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:18 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/21 Kat Walsh k...@mindspillage.org: On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com