Really good article on the pitfalls of a weak random number generator. I think it's been on HN before: http://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling

Really good article on the pitfalls of a weak random number generator. I think it's been on HN before: http://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling.php http://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling.ph... For me, this was the article that made it crystal clear why you cannot use current time as a seed for a RNG.