   random number at bottom of page...
  Just browsing the forums as always, and spotted a random number at the bottom. It seems to change on every page. What is this random number.On this post page its 0, but on the main lounge page its 0.625.  
  It''s a countdown. To Doom. ;  0.32810.06250.0938 "Tell me who's the real patriots The Archie Bunker slobs waving flags Or the people with the guts to work For some real change?" -- Dead Kennedys    [edited by - Mscgamer on February 7, 2004 9:54:28 PM];  Database lookup time, AFAICT. ;  0.1562   "Tell me who''s the real patriots The Archie Bunker slobs waving flags Or the people with the guts to work For some real change?" -- Dead Kennedys ;  "When this random number generator reaches zero" ;quote:Original post by Senses777   "When this random number generator reaches zero"   i got 0 once(i think(it might have been 0.0000000001 but got cut off))   EDIT: i just went to the main FAQ and got 0  [edited by - DerAngeD on February 7, 2004 10:07:51 PM];quote:Original post by DerAnged  quote:Original post by Senses777    "When this random number generator reaches zero"   i got 0 once(i think(it might have been 0.0000000001 but got cut off))   >Just to clarify I was quoting Futurama.   Happiness is just a word to me, and it might have meant a thing or two if I''d have known the difference.Clouded Skies;quote:Original post by Senses777  quote:Original post by DerAnged   quote:Original post by Senses777"When this random number generator reaches zero"   i got 0 once(i think(it might have been 0.0000000001 but got cut off))   >Just to clarify I was quoting Futurama.   Happiness is just a word to me, and it might have meant a thing or two if I''d have known the difference.Clouded Skies i dont usually watch futurama    ;  It does indeed appear to be a database access timer.  With a resolution of 1/64th of a second (assuming that the number represents seconds).  Yes, I know I'm pathetic.  I listed a bunch of numbers down by refreshing the page a bunch.  Every single one of them, when multiplied by 64, where whole numbers.  The most common values were around the 0.01 area.  I realized that Fruny was correct when it actually took a bit longer to load, and then I got numbers greater than 0.5.  But just seeing all those x/2^y numbers really bugged me, and I had to investigate.  I'm probably obsessive compulsive about numbers...  :D   [edited by - Agony on February 7, 2004 11:12:08 PM]