>>>>> "MB" == Mike Blezien <mick...@frontiernet.net> writes:
MB> What they have right now are about 25 messages they wish to spread MB> out through out a 24hr period so they are sent out randomly during MB> this 24 period, not a pre determined every X minutes or X MB> hours. Why .... I'm not really sure, but that's what they want to MB> do. I think I have it figured out though. as i said a simple solution is to slice up the 24 hours into fixed intervals. then pick a random time INSIDE each interval. random enough for those types of people. this is close to one message an hour so there is plenty of variability within each hour. and the coding is trivial. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
