> Why don't we just change the variables for good, and ship 
> them with format-time(current-time(), '[f][s]')? Saving the 
> users a lot of trouble and questions?
> 

Some people want a random sequence that is the same on each run. It depends
on the use case.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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