Skip to content

Philosophical Geek

Code and musings by Ben Watson

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Writing High-Performance .NET Code
  • Software
  • Music
  • Resume

Bad Random Functions Redux

I had talked before about the random play function in my car stereo, particularly the playing of Arlington every time I drive past Arlington National Cemetery.

It happened AGAIN. This is the 5th time in a row. I haven’t heard the song, otherwise.

This entry was posted in Code, Humor, Music, Film, Theater and tagged bugs, music, programming, random on November 15, 2005 by Ben.

Post navigation

← 2-D Arrays versus Structs Gum →

Writing High-Performance .NET Code

If you are a .NET programmer, you need a copy of my latest book, the best and most essential resource on .NET performance. Learn to diagnose, debug, and control your own code and the underlying CLR to obtain the fastest performance possible. Soon in a 2nd edition!

Visit site

Recent Posts

  • 4 Lessons from a Life in Music: The Wisdom of John Williams
  • The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Was That John Williams Did Not Return My Letter
  • Announcing: Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream 1.3.0
  • How to Write and Publish a Technical Book and Not Lose Your Sanity
  • Sample Chapter of Writing High-Performance .NET Code, 2nd Edition
  • .NET Rocks covers .NET Performance!
  • Writing High-Performance .NET Code on the No Dogma podcast
  • Announcing Writing High-Performance .NET Code, 2nd Edition!
  • Don’t Make This Dumb Locking Mistake
  • Free Kindle version of Writing High-Performance .NET Code when you buy the print version
  • Get Your Thread Synchronization Right the First Time
  • Announcing Microsoft.IO.RecycableMemoryStream
  • 2014 Year In Review
  • Buy EPUB and PDF of Writing High-Performance .NET Code and Save 25%
  • Digging Into .NET Loop Performance, Bounds-checking, Iteration, and Unrolling

Categories

  • .NET
  • A Better Future
  • Bing
  • Books
  • Code
  • CodeProject
  • Humor
  • Interviewing
  • lego
  • Link/News
  • Live Search
  • microsoft
  • Music, Film, Theater
  • Performance
  • Personal
  • Photos
  • Software Development
  • Thoughts On Tech and More
  • Tips
  • Uncategorized
  • WPF
November 2005
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  
« Sep   Dec »

Blog Policy

This blog represents my own opinions and not those of my employer. This is my own personal work only. All comments are moderated. Comments containing abusive language, profanity, or are wildly off-topic will not be approved.

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress