> PS. The preferred way to generate good psuedo random
> numbers is to generate numbers between 0 and 255 (for
> eaxample) and place in a 256 unit lookup table where
> there is only ONE of each number, but the postions
> are random. Then you can read 256 random numbers
> in sequence and have perfect weighting. As a games
> programmer I coded many psuedo-random generators and
> testers, and this is a  good place to start. Maybe a
> search of games programming sites would reveal some
> useful info. People think they are dopey kids but
> they are just as good at what they do as any aerospace
> programmer.

This is really unneeded.

A well designed PRNG (say one based on a shift register with feedback) _
will, _by its very design_, generate every possible code in its range.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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