Comments on: “Banners, Google and Anguish” or “No random numbers please, we’re Google.” http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/ My blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joeri http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Joeri Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:46:36 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-500 " The policy of no random numbers, I would say, is more for consistency and quality assurance rather than a security issue. " So a dice has more quality if we know the sequence it's producing? Weird point of view. Anyway... But I'd go for a random number table and pick a number by time. Here's one: http://stattrek.com/Tables/Random.aspx ” The policy of no random numbers, I would say, is more for consistency and quality assurance rather than a security issue. ”

So a dice has more quality if we know the sequence it’s producing?
Weird point of view.

Anyway…
But I’d go for a random number table and pick a number by time.
Here’s one: http://stattrek.com/Tables/Random.aspx

]]> By: Daniel Kawa http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Daniel Kawa Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:05:57 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-480 Managed to find the problem, making a quick search in caurina/transitions/Tweener.as for "Math.random" and I found this line: var randomDepth:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 999999); Change to: var randomDepth:Number = Math.floor(1 * 999999); And it works... Managed to find the problem, making a quick search in caurina/transitions/Tweener.as for “Math.random” and I found this line:

var randomDepth:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 999999);

Change to:

var randomDepth:Number = Math.floor(1 * 999999);

And it works…

]]> By: Gillesv http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Gillesv Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:28:04 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-188 Hey Leland, thanks for commenting. Yeah, it's a bullshit measure, but if you like Tweener, you should check out TweenLite/TweenMax. It's got a very similar API to Tweener, is also AS2/AS3 compatible, is smaller (4KB when compiled) AND outperforms Tweener. Hey Leland, thanks for commenting.

Yeah, it’s a bullshit measure, but if you like Tweener, you should check out TweenLite/TweenMax. It’s got a very similar API to Tweener, is also AS2/AS3 compatible, is smaller (4KB when compiled) AND outperforms Tweener.

]]> By: Leland Hodgkins http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Leland Hodgkins Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:26:21 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-156 I'm also experiencing the "random number" rejection message on loading my swf into AdWords, and through trial and error I believe I've narrowed it down to the use of the caurina Tweener class in - specifically the initial import command (import caurina.transitions.Tweener) at the top of my script. Even if I don't actually call a property like addTween anywhere in the script, adWords will reject the ad. I checked the Tweener.as file and found Math.random used ONCE in a PRIVATE function. Really? Is this what's breaking my ad? I can't believe Google would prevent flash dev using the gloriously useful caurina Tweener class. I use it for all kinds of non-ad work, in both AS2/3, and I'm flabbergasted that Google won't let me use this powerful tool in banner ad work. Any ideas for a workaround that doesn't involve abandoning caurina? Or worse, reverting to flashmxTween? (Or worse - timeline tweens - come on Google...) I’m also experiencing the “random number” rejection message on loading my swf into AdWords, and through trial and error I believe I’ve narrowed it down to the use of the caurina Tweener class in – specifically the initial import command (import caurina.transitions.Tweener) at the top of my script. Even if I don’t actually call a property like addTween anywhere in the script, adWords will reject the ad.

I checked the Tweener.as file and found Math.random used ONCE in a PRIVATE function. Really? Is this what’s breaking my ad? I can’t believe Google would prevent flash dev using the gloriously useful caurina Tweener class. I use it for all kinds of non-ad work, in both AS2/3, and I’m flabbergasted that Google won’t let me use this powerful tool in banner ad work. Any ideas for a workaround that doesn’t involve abandoning caurina? Or worse, reverting to flashmxTween? (Or worse – timeline tweens – come on Google…)

]]> By: Daniel Love http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Daniel Love Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:45:36 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-56 The policy of no random numbers, I would say, is more for consistency and quality assurance rather than a security issue. If your code produces a random affect, then Google, or Central in this case, cannot ensure your advert will not break the end-users experience. Completely understand from both points of view, as an advertiser you want to be able to produce an advert to sell the product/service to the end user, if that is via a unique, or time sensitive experience, then so be it. Unfortunately, Google/Central has to put their name to the advert via the "Ads by Google", or a similar tag line, therefore they don't want to take any chances whereby an Advert might explode and leave a bad impression of Google Adverts in the end-users mind. The policy of no random numbers, I would say, is more for consistency and quality assurance rather than a security issue.
If your code produces a random affect, then Google, or Central in this case, cannot ensure your advert will not break the end-users experience.

Completely understand from both points of view, as an advertiser you want to be able to produce an advert to sell the product/service to the end user, if that is via a unique, or time sensitive experience, then so be it.
Unfortunately, Google/Central has to put their name to the advert via the “Ads by Google”, or a similar tag line, therefore they don’t want to take any chances whereby an Advert might explode and leave a bad impression of Google Adverts in the end-users mind.

]]> By: Jerome http://blog.vandenoostende.com/2009/%e2%80%9cbanners-google-and-anguish%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9cno-random-numbers-please-we%e2%80%99re-google%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jerome Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:33:28 +0000 http://blog.vandenoostende.com/?p=4#comment-35 Hello, Had the same issue today. Math.random() * (max - min) + min; was rejected. I re-submitted using date.getMilliseconds()%(max - min) + min; Fingers crossed, I'll let you know if that worked! Cheers, JJ. Hello,

Had the same issue today. Math.random() * (max – min) + min; was rejected. I re-submitted using date.getMilliseconds()%(max – min) + min;

Fingers crossed, I’ll let you know if that worked!

Cheers,

JJ.

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