Yes, I've noticed this too.
Afraid I can't think of anything else concerning your other problem.
Pall
derek holzer wrote:
...and another thing...
has anybody noticed that it doesn't seem to matter what seed you give the [random] object, it just goes through the same sequence every time. At least on Linux. I remember different form windoze. Maybe there's a better way to generate a proper random seed?
d.