[clue-tech] $RANDOM quality.

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:28:31PM -0600, Jed S. Baer wrote the following:
> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:54:34 -0500
> Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote:
> 
> > > for i in $(seq 100000) ; do
> > >   printf "%.2x\n" $(( $RANDOM % 256 ))
> > > done | xxd -r -p | ent
> > 
> > I don't seem to have 'ent', what package is it a part of?
> 
> I think it's part of the middle-earth package, which is maintained by JRR
> Tolkien. Ent is more of an object type, of which the most well-known
> instance is Treebeard.

*chuckles* Sorry for cutting out the proper attribution, first off.

Second, as sad as it is, I lost some geek cred with myself as it took me two
readings to get past the "wtf" factor of your response and realize that it
was a reference made in jest. (:

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