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Seems to be adding the time difference in seconds, rather than generating something new with each iteration. (BTW, Ctrl+F5 on FF is a non-cache page fetch. It'll get you as different results as clearing your cache would. IE has something similar.) | Seems to be adding the time difference in seconds, rather than generating something new with each iteration. (BTW, Ctrl+F5 on FF is a non-cache page fetch. It'll get you as different results as clearing your cache would. IE has something similar.) | ||
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| + | When you view the page normally, the page is loaded from a server cache. This means that the number generated by the time function on a particular page will not change until the server recaches that page. If you are viewing an old revision, a preview, or a diff, the page is -not- loaded from the server cache and instead generated on the spot; this is what lets you see the numbers change constantly. Also, it's not -really- random or even pseudo random. The whole point is that it's not the same number each time. Some fancy #expr gobbledygook could be added to make it pseudorandom—there's probably a clever way to do it without breaking #expr's boundaries. :) [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 09:54, 1 May 2008 (EDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 13:54, 1 May 2008
I'd say it's not really working. I got 50, refresh, 55, refresh, 58, Ctrl+F5, 62, last again, 65, again, 72, again, 75.
Seems to be adding the time difference in seconds, rather than generating something new with each iteration. (BTW, Ctrl+F5 on FF is a non-cache page fetch. It'll get you as different results as clearing your cache would. IE has something similar.) – unsigned comment by N9103
When you view the page normally, the page is loaded from a server cache. This means that the number generated by the time function on a particular page will not change until the server recaches that page. If you are viewing an old revision, a preview, or a diff, the page is -not- loaded from the server cache and instead generated on the spot; this is what lets you see the numbers change constantly. Also, it's not -really- random or even pseudo random. The whole point is that it's not the same number each time. Some fancy #expr gobbledygook could be added to make it pseudorandom—there's probably a clever way to do it without breaking #expr's boundaries. :) VengefulDonut 09:54, 1 May 2008 (EDT)