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miss: 398 and 177

miss: 51 and 61

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miss: 189 and 273

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miss: 177 and 400

miss: 488 and 377

miss: 34 and 383

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miss: 274 and 347

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miss: 86 and 342

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miss: 405 and 277

miss: 33 and 258

miss: 7 and 259

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miss: 184 and 274

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miss: 375 and 436

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miss: 360 and 93

miss: 343 and 235

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miss: 30 and 498

miss: 480 and 240

miss: 306 and 298

miss: 298 and 237

miss: 465 and 486

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miss: 224 and 293

miss: 341 and 181

miss: 67 and 498

miss: 156 and 326

miss: 125 and 347

miss: 33 and 468

miss: 274 and 393

miss: 60 and 116

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miss: 148 and 157

miss: 87 and 127

miss: 397 and 394

miss: 425 and 194

miss: 130 and 390

miss: 180 and 394

miss: 41 and 404

miss: 186 and 383

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miss: 380 and 241

miss: 80 and 5

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miss: 6 and 32

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miss: 123 and 126

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miss: 254 and 188

miss: 104 and 178

miss: 383 and 235

miss: 67 and 62

miss: 129 and 108

miss: 467 and 315

miss: 492 and 50

miss: 69 and 371

miss: 291 and 149

miss: 376 and 379

miss: 263 and 348

miss: 241 and 269

miss: 381 and 220

miss: 402 and 3

miss: 347 and 193

miss: 214 and 100

miss: 382 and 319

miss: 279 and 264

miss: 53 and 346

miss: 327 and 182

miss: 455 and 293

miss: 498 and 446

miss: 343 and 67

miss: 317 and 134

miss: 216 and 193

miss: 13 and 479

miss: 40 and 255

miss: 248 and 422

miss: 476 and 150

miss: 426 and 322

miss: 343 and 139

miss: 423 and 224

miss: 459 and 201

miss: 489 and 11

miss: 47 and 315

miss: 194 and 2

miss: 107 and 191

miss: 448 and 451

miss: 258 and 265

miss: 84 and 475

miss: 458 and 98

miss: 454 and 499

miss: 354 and 201

miss: 421 and 329

miss: 351 and 346

miss: 151 and 194

miss: 486 and 74

miss: 419 and 444

miss: 276 and 407

miss: 456 and 324

miss: 221 and 149

miss: 326 and 328

miss: 340 and 274

miss: 278 and 98

miss: 38 and 363

miss: 73 and 497

miss: 462 and 26

miss: 495 and 316

miss: 228 and 416

miss: 144 and 78

miss: 261 and 296

miss: 273 and 247

miss: 370 and 191

miss: 190 and 146

miss: 97 and 146

miss: 470 and 319

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: 295 (after 279 iterations)
  • this script has run 15,606 times since 2-27-2006
  • there have been 7,783,799 total iterations
  • the average number of iterations before a match is 499
  • the greatest number of iterations before a match is 3,931

matches on first iteration:

  • the number 336 made a match-on-one on 01-21-2012 after 15,595 visits at 7,777,687 total iterations
  • 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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