Sharing this because it might be of some interest: The PRNG used by CapCom in StreetFighter 2 (from sf2platinum)

short sf2rand(void) {
int x = (g.randSeed1 x *= 3;
x = x >> 8;
g.randSeed2 += x;
g.randSeed1 = x;
return g.randSeed2;
}

Nah, all you need is Correct%Horse®Battery©Staple. A bunch of common words - not really related and not a meme

Nope, Bruce Schneier debunked this https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secure_1.html

Whoa to the future programmer that removes it because is "obviously" does nothing.

And boo to you for not commenting why that code is there.

I work for Drew Curtis. So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies. Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about. But trust me.... You don't. I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you dont know what you are talking about. This is how bad info gets passed around. If you dont know about the topic....Dont make yourself sound like you do. Cuz some Farkers belive anything they hear.

"most of the last 30 years" - which I suppose you could interpret as "16 years"

Back in the really dirty old days those 4pin connectors were four individual 1pin connectors as mobo manufacturers hadn't standardised on a single pinout.

(sorry, please disregard my previous reply, I misread you and addressed a slightly different point)

Linux doesn't use those BIOS I/O calls though. The bootloader (grub/lilo) uses them to load the kernel into memory, and then that's it, the kernel uses its own I/O routines after that.

You're clever, young man, very clever, but it's turtles all the way down.

Because then it'd be hard to distinguish between an IP address and a DNS name.

What do you do when DNS is broken?

Fix it quickly, in case the secondary DNS breaks too.

You seem to be suffering from the delusion

Oh, FFS. The GP is simply mistaken, not deluded, you don't need to go all Shakespeare on him.

Not directly, anyway.

I can lock down android with a customized hosts file

You're on meth.

... uhmmm... personal recreation. I'm not sure whether prohibiting something like that is remotely legally enforceable.

Talk to the Catholics.