title: Should I seed the random number generator?
body: <p><a href="http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/random.html" rel="nofollow">From the docs:</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>random.seed(a=None, version=2) Initialize the random number generator.</p>
    
    <p>If a is omitted or None, the current system time is used. If
    randomness sources are provided by the operating system, they are used
    instead of the system time (see the os.urandom() function for details
    on availability).</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But...if it's truly random...(and I thought I read it uses Mersenne, so it's VERY random)...what's the point in seeding it? Either way the outcome is unpredictable...right?</p>