note 96165 added to function.uniqid
| From: | juanm dot trejo at gmail dot com | Date: | Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:15:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 96165 added to function.uniqid | ||
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On Keith's note regarding number prevalence on the 9th digit, given the nature of how this
unique id's are generated, they follow Benford's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
It would be a nice exercise to test this law through this function.
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