Random number generators for NDFS block numbers

Doug Cutting expressed a concern to me about using util.Random to generate random 64 bit block numbers for NDFS. The following is my analysis. Random number generators for NDFS block numbers Requirements capable of billions of block numbers 64 bit block numbers deterministic for

[jira] Closed: (NUTCH-89) parse-rss null pointer exception

[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-89?page=all ] Piotr Kosiorowski closed NUTCH-89: -- Fix Version: 0.8-dev 0.7 Resolution: Fixed Applied in trunk and 0.7 branch. Thanks. parse-rss null pointer exception

Re: Random number generators for NDFS block numbers

Thanks to archive.org, I found this additional reference: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/eindex.html which is the English home page of Matsumoto san, co-originator of Mersenne Twister. There is a faq and the original C source. Paul Paul Baclace wrote: [...] Alternative