0221: "Random Number"

[scarletmanuka]

Hell, I could have sworn this comic must refer to
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571

but it's older...
Oh well

There was an xkcd about that, though: Security Holes.

[Jeremy22]

Very good idea!

I saw this comic quite a while ago, and a few weeks ago, I had to program such a method in my computer-science-class (in JAVA, as a part of a bigger programme).
For fun, I implemented this method (before the real implementation, which I commented out), and my teacher really liked the joke

[iceberg]

i was reading through people trying to figure out what language this is. and with my minimal programming experience, looks like the language syntax i used in flash...

[RoadieRich]

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#macro getRandomNumber()
    (4) // chosen by fair dice roll
        // guaranteed to be random
#end

POVray FTW! (I'm aware that at least one pair of parathenses are superfluous, but I think it's good practice - the other pair, I'm not too sure about, it's been a while).

[WazirKnightBishop]

Anyone tried Befunge?

I haven't, but I'll try.

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v   v <4  <



       ^
    v4<?>4^
    >            .@ Chosen by fair dice roll. Guarenteed to be random.
>      ^


My first shot at coding, please correct if mistakes are found

[Tnarg]

Is any one intressed in my GetTime function?

[L4nce0]

Just put this up...

[kav2k]

I just had a nice idea.

When queried for a random comic, XKCD server should check for referrer, and if it's comic #221, always redirect to comic #4