From: Kwhamec Rojas <bedeviledme@...>
Date: 2005-12-14T21:11:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Newer to Ruby

rcoder wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, what is the basic test case for this? I only
> ask because an algorithm to generate 9-digit numbers that don't begin
> with 7, 8, or 9 sounds awfully useful to generate bogus US Social
> Security Numbers.
> 
> I don't want to sound paranoid or anything; it just struct me as an odd
> coincidence...
> 
> -rcoder

That is exactly what I need to use it for.  The site I am supposed to 
test involves financial transactions that are logged under both, email 
and ss#.  Generating random emails is no problem, as they are all 
directed to me anyway.  The problem was generating the random ss#.

We have a perl script that dips into our own database and uses existing 
accounts to generate phantom accounts and test new features, but 
everyone wants to move over to Ruby.

Coincidences only happen to people who don't pay attention.  :)

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