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  Re: Allocation of member #'s
 
(...) Why not just make this whole thing moot and just assign numbers in a random or pseudo-random lottery? Have each person apply for a number, and have a server doohicky spit out a random number from an available pool. I think we're attaching far (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Allocation of member #'s
 
(...) Well, if they're still generally increasing slowly and the randomness comes from a small pool of lowest-available numbers rather than a large pool of, say, 32-bit integers, then that would certainly work too. (...) This is something I've been (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Allocation of member #'s
 
(...) Whoops, I think I accidentally didn't not make a double-negative there. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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