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From: Juan Christian <juan0christian@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:13:16 +0000
Subject: Re: Is there a way to schedule my script?
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On Thu Dec 18 2014 at 2:24:46 PM Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
What kind of random distribution of the time between executions are you
looking for? A random sleep lends itself easily to a uniform distribution.
The latter approach that you describe would result in a geometric
distribution.

I'm looking for a random, but controlled delay between executions.

Let's say I execute the script now, then in 5~10 min I'll execute again,
this time can be 5, 6, ... 10 minutes, this script pretends to do 'human
actions' so I can't be doing these 'actions' with a specific and rigid
times.

The delay between the executions can't be the same always.

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu Dec 18 2014 at 2:24:46 PM Ian Kelly &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:ian.g.kelly@gmail.com">ian.g.kelly@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br>What kind of random distribution of the time between executions are yo=
u looking for? A random sleep lends itself easily to a uniform distribution=
. The latter approach that you describe would result in a geometric distrib=
ution.<br><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m looking for a random, but controlled =
delay between executions.</div><div><br></div><div>Let&#39;s say I execute =
the script now, then in 5~10 min I&#39;ll execute again, this time can be 5=
, 6, ... 10 minutes, this script pretends to do &#39;human actions&#39; so =
I can&#39;t be doing these &#39;actions&#39; with a specific and rigid time=
s.</div><div><br></div><div>The delay between the executions can&#39;t be t=
he same always.</div></div>

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