From: H.G. Muller <h.g.muller@hccnet.nl>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:16:56 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: better init for random number generator
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better init for random number generator
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diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index acb9123..860a160 100755
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ InitBackEnd1()
     ShowThinkingEvent(); // [HGM] thinking: make sure post/nopost state is set according to options
 
     GetTimeMark(&programStartTime);
-    srandom(programStartTime.ms); // [HGM] book: makes sure random is unpredictabe to msec level
+    srandom((programStartTime.ms + 1000*programStartTime.sec)*0x1001001); // [HGM] book: makes sure random is unpredictabe to msec level
 
     ClearProgramStats();
     programStats.ok_to_send = 1;