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12-01-2004, 06:33 AM

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***** November Free Prize And Giveaway Winner *****

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If anyone is interested in how i choose the Winner..

I run a php script:

https://maxima.org/modules.php?name=PrizeWinner

Code:

 <?php


$minimum = '2';
$maximum = $name;

#=============================

$randnum = rand($minimum,$maximum);
echo $randnum;

?>

which takes the variable text box name and uses that variable to generate a number between 2 and what number is entered in the text box. Which is the total number of posts.

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12-01-2004, 06:36 AM

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Christmas shopping owning you huh?

12-01-2004, 06:38 AM

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Christmas shopping owning you huh?

yeah that and i want to take a trip to JA for christmas

12-01-2004, 06:39 AM

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Congrats Linksys_1

12-01-2004, 07:12 AM

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doug, i've noticed that winners are usually those who post up in the first few days... is it just a coincidence?

12-01-2004, 07:15 AM

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doug, i've noticed that winners are usually those who post up in the first few days... is it just a coincidence?

12-01-2004, 08:08 AM

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Go ahead guys, try to find the smallest problem with the way the winner is selected.

12-01-2004, 08:21 AM

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doug, i've noticed that winners are usually those who post up in the first few days... is it just a coincidence?

that sort of goes against the definition of "random" in "random number generator", doesn't it?

12-01-2004, 09:19 AM

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Congrad on your new PS2. IF you want to sell it with reasonable Price, PM me thanks.

12-01-2004, 10:34 AM

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Congrad on your new PS2. IF you want to sell it with reasonable Price, PM me thanks.

Those slim PS2's are sellin real fast. Around me I couldn't find one for like a month then finally got lucky. They cost $140 and are on Ebay mostly selling for $200 wait til closer to Christmas it will probably go to $300.

12-01-2004, 10:39 AM

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I like slim much better than fat

12-01-2004, 10:46 AM

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Congrats! Doesn't it feel great to be the winner!

12-01-2004, 10:47 AM

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that sort of goes against the definition of "random" in "random number generator", doesn't it?

and here i was thinking that posting the random number generator script would put all doubt to rest

12-01-2004, 10:57 AM

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and here i was thinking that posting the random number generator script would put all doubt to rest

The script Looks good, to me I have no problem with randomize script.

12-01-2004, 02:19 PM

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Sprint i hope you got that PS2 Early there all sold out everywhere i checked. Congrats to the winner

12-04-2004, 08:30 PM

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Congrats!
People will always find somthing to complain about.

12-04-2004, 09:34 PM

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This is an outrage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I demand a redo.

Congrads to Linksys_1. He's gonna be stoked when he finds that he's the winner of this sweet@ss prize.

12-04-2004, 11:23 PM

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Lucky dog...what a perfect prize, and just in time for Christmas too

12-05-2004, 08:50 PM

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i meant no harm asking that question.
i also dont know any computer-related languages, so looking at the code wouldnt matter for me.

12-05-2004, 09:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by §Þ®ïn†mä×

and here i was thinking that posting the random number generator script would put all doubt to rest

I was agreeing with you...what he said may have been true (I don't know) but overall there should be a generally equal distribution.

12-06-2004, 02:24 AM

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I was agreeing with you...what he said may have been true (I don't know)

i know you were.. thats why i posted to add to your comment

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but overall there should be a generally equal distribution.

or i could just stop the whole prize giveaway all together since its not fair

12-06-2004, 04:41 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by §Þ®ïn†mä×

or i could just stop the whole prize giveaway all together since its not fair

Oops, I just re-read what I wrote... I meant by using a random number gen there should be an overall equal distribution of prizes across all the entrant posts in the thread...

.....do me a favor and delete all my posts in this thread, the cold meds are messing up my head.