Scary alert popup!

[Krupski]

Oh boy...

I was writing a little random string generator in JS to use as a temporary ID for span elements that I insert then remove. I also stuck the function into the source code for TinyMCE to supplement it's "UniqueID" function.

I was testing it with a string length of 5 characters (which can be a-z and A-Z).

Needless to say, I was a bit shocked by what came up in one "random" run:

http://three-dog.homelinux.com/images/alert.jpg

What are the odds???? http://www.codingforums.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

This is the code:



uniqueId : function(p) {
return (!p ? 'mce_' : p) + this.randomString(5);
},

randomString : function(n) {
n = (n ? n : 8);
var str = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw xyz';
var uid = '';
var sl = str.length;
var x = 0, idx = 0;
for (x = 0; x < n; x++) {
idx = parseInt(Math.random() * sl);
uid += str.charAt(idx);
}
return uid;
},
I'm a little bit freaked out right now.........

[recon]

So in english this means.... :oh:

[Krupski]

So in english this means.... :oh:

In English this means that somehow a program that's supposed to generate 5 TOTALLY RANDOM letters managed to come up with the word "Death".

[jojo]

In English this means that somehow a program that's supposed to generate 5 TOTALLY RANDOM letters managed to come up with the word "Death".

Can I get first dibs on your firearms if shit goes south for you.

[mriddick]

Whats the quote of a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters...

[filthy phil]

obviously crapsnitch has hacked your shit.
watch your 6 buddy

[recon]

Can I get first dibs on your firearms if shit goes south for you.

:thumbspbig:

[Full Otto]

Have you checked outside lately?

http://i54.tinypic.com/4j048l.jpg

[filthy phil]

the end is near
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg88/uzimon/Pictures_taken_at_the_right_time38.jpg

[raxar]

the end is near


the signs are everywhere......

http://www.gunsnet.net/photopost/data/500/medium/endss.JPG

[FunkyPertwee]

What are the odds????

1 in 7,893,600. If I did it correctly. And if chosen letters remain on the list of possible choices for each place.

We better call you Mr. Lucky. I'd say keep the 1911 strapped but this time stick a cell phone in your pocket too. You may not be able to change your fate but at least you can make sure you go out the same way you came in, kicking and screaming.

[raxar]

1 in 7,893,600. If I did it correctly. And if chosen letters remain on the list of possible choices for each place.

We better call you Mr. Lucky. I'd say keep the 1911 strapped but this time stick a cell phone in your pocket too. You may not be able to change your fate but at least you can make sure you go out the same way you came in, kicking and screaming.

just keep in mind that the chances of it saying "death" are exactly the same as it saying anything else, it could have just as easily said "Eorby" or "Pwkqx" or "Barak". We just understand "Death" as meaning to die, if "Eorby" came up, and it meant "let a copper thief go without shooting him" I'd be a little more concerned.....

[FunkyPertwee]

just keep in mind that the chances of it saying "death" are exactly the same as it saying anything else, it could have just as easily said "Eorby" or "Pwkqx" or "Barak". We just understand "Death" as meaning to die, if "Eorby" came up, and it meant "let a copper thief go without shooting him" I'd be a little more concerned.....

I'm just kidding around about taking it seriously. However, having the same chance of showing up as any other random variation of letters is what makes it noteworthy. Theres a whole lot of alternate combinations.

[Krupski]

Whats the quote of a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters...

I also posted this on another forum (a programming forum). One of the people there wrote a program to see how many tries it would take the random code to come up with the word "Death". Surprisingly, it doesn't take all that long...

http://www.codingforums.com/showpost.php?p=1079916&postcount=16

[Krupski]

Can I get first dibs on your firearms if shit goes south for you.

I thought "west" was the direction a person didn't want to go...?

[roaddog]

You immoral degenrates trying to get first dibs on Krups weapons! Don't you guy's have any cooth or class???.
That said....Krup.I will give them a good home and treat them as one of my own...Buddy!.

Ha! Ha!

[cowdawg]

Your doomed Krup doomed. :mouse2:

[Krupski]

You immoral degenrates trying to get first dibs on Krups weapons! Don't you guy's have any cooth or class???.
That said....Krup.I will give them a good home and treat them as one of my own...Buddy!.

Ha! Ha!

There's enough to go around. Losta ammo too. :)