I wanted to share this link with you ;)
http://code.google.com/p/jslibs/wiki/JavascriptTips
Uh, no.
[quote]
var list = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
list = list.sort(function() Math.random() - 0.5);
Print(list); // prints something like: 4,3,1,2,9,5,6,7,8
[/quote]
This is the worst idea to shuffle an array. That was what Microsoft did in
the first version of Browserchoice. See
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/02/microsoft-random-browser-ballot.html
Some of the ideas are interesting, though. This one definitely is not.
Matt
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