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_Random String Generator
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12/22/2001 2:26:54 AM |
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Nerd
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Intermediate |
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VB 5.0, VB 6.0 |
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there are many random number generators, word generators, string generators, etc., etc. but most of them generate random stuff by means of an algorithm, this uses no algorithm and little math is involved. it works by tracking the location of your mouse for 10 seconds and then creating a random string based on the data. it currently just puts down all ASCII characters from 1 - 255 which can make it have a bunch of weird looking letters in it, but i plan on refining it so it will get numbers only, or lowercase letters only, etc., but i thought of this one day in English class and just had to get it out to the world. - Cameron Bergh
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 12/22/2001 5:47:24 AM: David Midkiff
Kind of weird as I'm about to release a cryptographic secure PRNG for VB but good job anyway. Your idea is nothing new and is already defined in several academic papers in the cryptographic community.
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12/22/2001 2:50:01 PM: nerd
oh. i had no idea, this seemed to be some revolutionary new method to me when i thought of it.
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12/22/2001 3:37:43 PM: David
Cant tell if thats sarcasm or not but whatever.
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12/22/2002 3:09:30 PM: Adam
what about getting random previously pushed keys. Thats original as far as I know.
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8/9/2003 4:44:15 AM: Edward Catchpole
and what if the mouse is inactive? as it would be when the user is reading something
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9/28/2004 8:01:25 AM:
Any thing can be random, even this text if I keep it short.
Did you test for randomness?
How much skew can you get out of your generator?
Does it have a practical purpose?
Does it keep his random nature as a sequence, or it has some kind of predictability, as a hurricane?
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8/16/2005 12:28:13 AM: EJ Smith
This is not random whatsoever, it doesn't actually create anything close to random, if you leave your mouse cursor in the same spot, the output is ALWAYS the same.
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