DM> What are you seeding?  Try using time(NULL), for an 
 DM> example.  For another example, pilfer SNIP9509.* from 
 DM> some BBS around there that gets the PDNCEE file echo, 
 DM> as it has a lot of C/C++ code in there, including a few 
 DM> random number generators and at least one seed 
 DM> generator for the RNG's.

        I just want to seed the standard rand() function.  I'll look for
that file though.

Sean

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