miss: 493 and 428

miss: 174 and 483

miss: 49 and 235

miss: 34 and 411

miss: 244 and 338

miss: 371 and 41

miss: 377 and 97

miss: 21 and 56

miss: 179 and 500

miss: 343 and 18

miss: 136 and 275

miss: 226 and 130

miss: 181 and 170

miss: 231 and 362

miss: 486 and 393

miss: 138 and 479

miss: 321 and 313

miss: 461 and 370

miss: 47 and 495

miss: 281 and 291

miss: 333 and 152

miss: 333 and 210

miss: 249 and 354

miss: 266 and 429

miss: 353 and 109

miss: 448 and 489

miss: 384 and 174

miss: 119 and 64

miss: 344 and 351

miss: 427 and 330

miss: 243 and 65

miss: 308 and 64

miss: 378 and 269

miss: 435 and 425

miss: 263 and 215

miss: 216 and 96

miss: 367 and 48

miss: 306 and 116

miss: 403 and 72

miss: 44 and 255

miss: 181 and 492

miss: 244 and 64

miss: 165 and 363

miss: 129 and 9

miss: 214 and 56

miss: 339 and 458

miss: 121 and 147

miss: 21 and 499

miss: 416 and 456

miss: 424 and 179

miss: 170 and 139

miss: 275 and 37

miss: 188 and 81

miss: 153 and 90

miss: 153 and 198

miss: 346 and 335

miss: 190 and 89

miss: 400 and 356

miss: 453 and 28

miss: 365 and 166

miss: 84 and 204

miss: 123 and 205

miss: 351 and 145

miss: 204 and 267

miss: 100 and 127

miss: 446 and 271

miss: 267 and 221

miss: 309 and 455

miss: 302 and 463

miss: 45 and 455

miss: 160 and 392

miss: 290 and 350

miss: 482 and 189

miss: 205 and 434

miss: 217 and 70

miss: 100 and 302

miss: 275 and 224

miss: 7 and 125

miss: 370 and 211

miss: 393 and 470

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: 338 (after 81 iterations)
  • this script has run 14,697 times since 2-27-2006
  • there have been 7,352,570 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 300 made a match-on-one on 05-05-2010 after 14,505 visits at 7,252,824 total iterations
  • the number 349 made a match-on-one on 02-22-2010 after 14,220 visits at 7,105,062 total iterations
  • the number 323 made a match-on-one on 10-06-2009 after 13,300 visits at 6,655,924 total iterations
  • the number 195 made a match-on-one on 07-19-2009 after 12,276 visits at 6,142,471 total iterations
  • 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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