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miss: 269 and 445

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miss: 467 and 8

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miss: 465 and 333

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miss: 490 and 412

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miss: 397 and 188

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miss: 456 and 494

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miss: 446 and 471

miss: 363 and 281

miss: 38 and 478

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miss: 125 and 459

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miss: 279 and 451

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miss: 379 and 328

miss: 233 and 3

Two random numbers generated between 0-500 until they match.

Such is the explanation of the origin of life. Among the chemical combinations formed in the course of geological evolution under the influence of cosmic forces, some had the properties required for sustaining life. It was in this way that the simplest biological units started their existence. Life, which evolved into ever more complex structures, was nature's substitute for directly bred computers. Yet it was more than a substitute: it was a road—a winding road, yet one which despite all errors and hazards, crises and catastrophes, arrived at last at its destination.

—Olof Johannesson, The End of Man? (1966)


match: 286 (after 274 iterations)
  • this script has run 12,187 times since 2-27-2006
  • there have been 6,099,258 total iterations
  • the average number of iterations before a match is 500
  • the greatest number of iterations before a match is 3,931

matches on first iteration:

  • the number 171 made a match-on-one on 04-25-2009 after 11,509 visits at 5,783,039 total iterations
  • the number 107 made a match-on-one on 04-12-2009 after 11,383 visits at 5,711,822 total iterations
  • the number 358 made a match-on-one on 02-01-2009 after 10,509 visits at 5,270,534 total iterations
  • the number 131 made a match-on-one on 12-11-2008 after 10,033 visits at 5,010,674 total iterations
  • the number 471 made a match-on-one on 11-01-2008 after 9,778 visits at 4,882,075 total iterations
  • the number 299 made a match-on-one on 10-22-2008 after 9,703 visits at 4,848,552 total iterations
  • the number 469 made a match-on-one on 09-13-2008 after 9,421 visits at 4,711,314 total iterations
  • the number 498 made a match-on-one on 05-21-2008 after 8,674 visits at 4,347,038 total iterations
  • the number 168 made a match-on-one on 03-04-2008 after 8,149 visits at 4,102,417 total iterations
  • the number 108 made a match-on-one on 02-27-2008 after 8,086 visits at 4,067,215 total iterations
  • the number 431 made a match-on-one on 02-18-2008 after 8,008 visits at 4,027,948 total iterations
  • the number 338 made a match-on-one on 01-08-2008 after 7,660 visits at 3,836,334 total iterations
  • the number 128 made a match-on-one on 07-31-2007 after 6,687 visits at 3,357,181 total iterations
  • the number 99 made a match-on-one on 07-04-2007 after 6,487 visits at 3,262,814 total iterations
  • the number 92 made a match-on-one on 05-07-2007 after 6,316 visits at 3,185,567 total iterations
  • the number 435 made a match-on-one on 02-28-2007 after 5,764 visits at 2,912,389 total iterations
  • the number 20 made a match-on-one on 08-23-2006 after 3,747 visits at 1,870,597 total iterations
  • the number 182 made a match-on-one on 07-15-2006 after 2,964 visits at 1,468,669 total iterations
  • the number 238 made a match-on-one on 07-06-2006 after 2,899 visits at 1,439,278 total iterations
  • the number 431 made a match-on-one on 07-06-2006 after 2,897 visits at 1,438,805 total iterations
  • the number 124 made a match-on-one on 05-22-2006 after 2,113 visits at 1,060,901 total iterations
  • the number 311 made a match-on-one on 03-21-2006 after 630 visits at 315,436 total iterations
  • the number 250 made a match-on-one on 03-20-2006 after 590 visits at 295,537 total iterations
  • none when NED began counting on 2-27-2006

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