Environment variable
Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer.
They are part of the environment in which a process runs. For example, a running process can query the value of the TEMP environment variable to discover a suitable location to store temporary files, or the HOME or USERPROFILE variable to find the directory structure owned by the user running the process.
They were introduced in their modern form in 1979 with Version 7 Unix, so are included in all Unix operating system flavors and variants from that point onward including Linux and OS X. From PC DOS 2.0 in 1982, all succeeding Microsoft operating systems including Microsoft Windows, and OS/2 also have included them as a feature, although with somewhat different syntax, usage and standard variable names.
Details
In all Unix and Unix-like systems, each process has its own separate set of environment variables. By default, when a process is created, it inherits a duplicate environment of its parent process, except for explicit changes made by the parent when it creates the child. At the API level, these changes must be done between running fork and exec. Alternatively, from command shells such as bash, a user can change environment variables for a particular command invocation by indirectly invoking it via env or using the ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE=VALUE <command> notation. All Unix operating system flavors, DOS, and Windows have environment variables; however, they do not all use the same variable names. A running program can access the values of environment variables for configuration purposes.
Randomness
Randomness is the lack of pattern or predictability in events. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are by definition unpredictable, but in many cases the frequency of different outcomes over a large number of events (or "trials") is predictable. For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of any particular roll is unpredictable, but a sum of 7 will occur twice as often as 4. In this view, randomness is a measure of uncertainty of an outcome, rather than haphazardness, and applies to concepts of chance, probability, and information entropy.
The fields of mathematics, probability, and statistics use formal definitions of randomness. In statistics, a random variable is an assignment of a numerical value to each possible outcome of an event space. This association facilitates the identification and the calculation of probabilities of the events. Random variables can appear in random sequences. A random process is a sequence of random variables whose outcomes do not follow a deterministic pattern, but follow an evolution described by probability distributions. These and other constructs are extremely useful in probability theory and the various applications of randomness.
Random (Lady Sovereign song)
"Random" is the first CD single from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign, following the release of her 12" vinyl single "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)" in 2004. It was her second and last single for Casual Records in 2005.
The single was Lady Sovereign's first to make the UK top 75, peaking at #73 there and spending one week within the top 75. After the single release, she was signed by Def Jam Recordings and this single is considered to be her breakthrough into the mainstream market.
"Random" was featured on an episode of The O.C. aired on April 27, 2006, playing in the background during the senior prom in Season 3, Episode 23 - "The Party Favor" and was featured as a track on Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix. A remix of this song was played on the "Jamalot" episode of CSI: NY.
The first rapped line in the song references the hit song "Tipsy" by J-Kwon.
Track listing
The Remixes - 12" Promo single
Podcasts:
Random
ALBUMS
- Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape 05 released: 2005
Random
ALBUMS
- Army of Me released: 1995
random
ALBUMS
- Handheld Heroes Volume One released: 2012
- Songs for the Cure '11: Remedy released: 2011
- Essential Chip Mix 2011 released: 2011
- Reformat: A Tribute to Bit Shifter's Information Chase released: 2011
- The Knife released: 2010
- Summertunes released: 2009
- Da Chip released: 2009
- One Channel Only released: 2008
- Two Channels Only released: 2008
- WSIC: Techno released: 2008
- GB released: 2007
- Bad Joke EP released: 2007
- 8BP050 released: 2006
- Happy Ending After All released: 2005
- Some Random Gameboy Tunes released:
Handheld Heroes Volume One
Released 2012- Handheld Hero
- Me and My Truck II
- fluesopp2
- Information Overload
- ingested
- Finger Dub
- You Are Slacking Off
- Moment
- Mindgames
- Kinshasa
- Chained to the Waltz
- Antiquated Warbit
- Away
- Rus
- The Complete Devastation of Planet Earth
- Bat Country
- Handheld Heroes
- I Am I Was
- Lesson One (Handheld Mix)
- China Cyber Disco Battle
- SLAM DUNK LIFESTYLE
- Beardboy Castle
- Load
- Metaphysical Dream
- BITCHSLAP
- Little Red Raving Hood
- Jjump
- The MSX Jack Built
- HELLO 2010
- A New Dawn
- Orgypsy Dubstep
- SMSnBass
- Untitled (2009)
- Iced Ring
- BollockNES
- Kristi
- 500 Crazy Warriors
- Tokyo Midnight
- Index of Refraction
- Winning the War on Pseudoscience
- Handheld Hullabaloo
Songs for the Cure '11: Remedy
Released 2011- The Battle of Vyazma
- Roboflamenco
- Healing Mutations
- Kite in June
- Electrotherapy
- Forever, Young Rachel
- The Long-Winded and Painful Death of Sweeney S Greenville
- Skulltripper
- 64 Squares
- Keep On
- Cubic Zirconium
- Lapis Lazuli
- Requiem Aeternam
- One Note Edit
- Mind Eleven
- Eight Weeks
- Alba
- Caustic
- Rainbow Road to The Moon
- Flames Grew Higher
- Alone Without You
- 8-Bit Pimp (Just Pimp 'em remix)
Essential Chip Mix 2011
Released 2011- //Arno Peeters Introduction for Poke 20//
- This Is Sick
- Just Listen (C64 club mix)
- Body Crash (Jfk edit)
- Robot Luv (Beard Banger remix)
- Tribal Love
- Step by Step (remix)
- Horses
- Spontaneous Devotion
- Disko Biskit
- Mafia Spa
- Reactivate
- Breakfast in Red
- Plexiglass Dream
- Berlin
- Catwalk
- Driver (Sender remix)
- Tizzy
- Brutal Weapons
- The New Jam
- Luigis Magic Mushroom
- Your Breaking Up
- Arkanoid (Daxx remix)
- Machine It (Shirobon remix)
- Papi (Jddj3j remix)
- Worm Rider
- I Wld di 4 U
- Speech Machine Failure
- Contre Les Behomots
- Attack Vector
- C64 Vs. 50 Cent
- Databomb
- Donkey Punch
- Ballblazer (Romeo Knight remix feat. Bb)
- Blockhead
- Cybernoid Ii (Lime on 45 remix)
- Oniityan Pheremone Powerpack
- Dirty 64 (Fairlight)
- Torpedo Torpedo
- Travelling by Night
- Vertical
- The Future Is Now
- Lullatwerp
- Germans Have No You More
- Toyznboyz
- Behind the False Smile
- Fuck You (remix)
- Girl
- 8bit Rate (Tex Rec remix)
- Trouble Maker
- Meth13
- Feel the House (Chris Count 8-Bit remix)
- Alata (Vana Deyv remix)
- C.F.H.
- Once More With Feeling
- 8bit (medley)
- False Assumption
- Close to Me (Henry Homesweet remix)
- Close to Me (Jddj3j remix)
- Crysteena
Reformat: A Tribute to Bit Shifter's Information Chase
Released 2011- Chase Init_
- Happy Birthday Activation
- Reformat the Planet (Double Hybrid Rainbow version)
- Chase Init_ (Henry Homesweet remix)
- Reformat the Planet
- Hexadecimal Genome (Hex-A-Mind remix)
- Hexadecimal Genome
- Chase Init_
- Reformater la planète
- Paper Chase Init_
- Reformat the Electro (Reformat the Planet remixxxxxxx)
- Elkapot, Part I
- Particle Charge
- Reformat the Planet (Random version)
- Activation Theme
- Reformat the Back Porch
- Hexadecimal Genome
- Reformanatee the Planetee
- Activation Theme
- The Three Minute Information Chase
- THVNDERCHASE
- Reformat the Planet
- The Information Saunter
One Channel Only
Released 2008- Single Esspresso
- Pinku Eiga (feat. Sandy Cheeks)
- Lady Tiara Takes on the Army of Shadows
- Shortwobble2 (C64 8580 1channel)
- Servo on the Strip
- Channel One
- Mech
- Monolouge
- Perty and the Wave
- Acetate Acolytes
- Mal Piet
- Theres No Battle After All
- Brand New Kicks
- Thunderclap Headache
- 3YearsAgo
- 1 Ch LSDJ #6
- 01 Channel
- High 5
- Unexpected Restless Life
- Die Hifi Die
- Experiment Gone Wrong
- The Spectrum of Monophony
- Challenge From Droids
GB
Released 2007- Rage Against the Highscore
- Serching for Atlantis
- Aventurier
- Bad Therapy
- Robots Rock
- Bass Plus One Bass
- Sick & Tired
- Dirty Gun
- Granu Girlz
- Neurotransmit! Werreceptors
- Psyborot
- Jag är pa väg
- Ready Steady Go
- Ah!
- Her Lazer Light Eyes
- Midnight Blowout
- Towers
- Wiggaz
- Old Fashion
- Hexadecimal Genome
- Otayori 1005
- Endroll
8BP050
Released 2006- Vertical
- Temper Temper
- Supernova Kiss
- From Inner Shadow to Outer Shadow
- You're Warm
- Simachip
- Disco Snax (06 EQ)
- Finger on the Pulsewave
- Sadboy
- Downstairs
- Beatbox Racer (edit)
- Lo-bit Gangstar
- Faster Than Time
- Namnbass
- Carving the Rock
- Blackout City
- Ujitori
- Plankton Comes Alive
- A Tribute to Kyohei Sada (2006 edition)
- Punching Machine Data 002: Cabin Attendant
- Karate Suit
- Worm Rider
- Never Enough
- My Satellite
- Töm mina joggers från snö
RaNDom
ALBUMS
- Ask the Dust released: 2008
Random
ALBUMS
- Todos los colores del sol released: 2011
Random
ALBUMS
- Mega Ran Collection released: 2013
- White Materia released: 2013
- TeacherRapperHero, Volume 2: 2 Weeks Notice released: 2011
- Heroes, Volume 1 released: 2010
- Teacher Rapper Hero: The Random Mixtape, Volume 1 released: 2009
- Randomonium released: 2009
- Mega Ran 9 released: 2009
- Patches and Glue released: 2008
White Materia
Released 2013- Cloud Loses Himself (Mega Ran vs Eminem)
- AVALANCHE Made It (Mega Ran vs Busta Rhymes feat Linkin Park)
- Tifa of Nibelheim (Mega Ran vs Fort Minor)
- Sweet Child of Mako (Mega Ran vs Guns n Roses)
- Aerith in Starlight (Mega Ran vs Alan Parsons Project)
- Feel Like Don of the Slums (Mega Ran vs Fort Minor) ft Storyville and The ThoughtCriminals
- Turks in Black (Dale Chase vs Will Smith) ft D-Mentd
- Shinra Says (Mega Ran vs Pharoahe Monch) ft Juice Lee and Ilyas
- On That Voyage 5 Years Ago (Mega Ran vs Daft Punk)
- Alpha XIII (The Ranger vs Mars ILL)
- Ninja Gold Digger (Mega Ran vs Weird Al Yankovic)
- Cookie Sith (Adam Warrock vs Sesame Street)
- Punk Valentine (RoQy TyRaiD vs Daft Punk)
- Cid Flies Away (Phil Harmonic vs Lenny Kravitz)
- Absolution (Mega Ran vs Mars ILL) ft Maja
- Sphere of Final Fantasy (Mega Ran vs Mars ILL) ft Ilyas and Juice Lee
- Birth of Numb (Mega Ran vs DJ Zap) ft MC Pennywise and Devastate
- Pts.OF.Sephiroth (Mega Ran vs Linkin Park) ft Storyville
TeacherRapperHero, Volume 2: 2 Weeks Notice
Released 2011- Teacherrapperinto V2.0 (DN3's Jimmy Lee-mix)
- La La La
- Driving Slow on Sunday Morning (Promo)
- Voices
- Valley of Doom
- Off in My Own World
- Bedrock Story
- Outta Love
- Kia Music, Part 2 (Promo)
- Miniboss
- Layman's Lariat
- One Less Follower
- The Coincidence
- Just Wanna Know (DN3 remix)
- Limitless
- The Rock (remix)
- I Wonder Why
Teacher Rapper Hero: The Random Mixtape, Volume 1
Released 2009- TeacherRapperIntro
- It's Alright
- Finally
- Inbox (Electric Remixation)
- Words From LazieJim
- N.O.W.
- Waitin'
- Anything
- Green Bean
- E=mc²
- Much More
- Toerings
- Pro Wrestling
- UKnowTheName
- Indian Hump
- Hand Me Downs (MP Fiend remix)
- Peter Is Back
- Kia Music
- Kicks So Fresh (skit)
- Spread the Love
- Robot Master
- PunchOut!
- Take Notice
- Grown
- Reset Button (remix)
- TeacherRapperOutro
- Blessed to Breathe
- Forever
Mega Ran 9
Released 2009- The Opening
- Eight Is Enough
- Splash Woman
- You Know the Name (feat. Storyville)
- My Love (Go Shop) (feat. Rufus Pipes)
- The Bailout (feat. Storyville)
- MegaLude 9 (feat. Vince the Rocket Scientist)
- Boss Battle: Jewel Man
- Run N Gun (feat. Ciphurphace & Pugz Atomz)
- Endless (feat. Storyville)
- Get Equipped (feat. Side Effect)
- Outro
- Splash Woman (acoustic remix)
Random
ALBUMS
- Mysteries of Psytrance, Volume 3 released: 2013
- Mysteries of Psytrance released: 2010
- Fractal Energy 2 released: 2008
- Goa Trance Missions, Volume 4 released: 2008
- Ahimsa released: 2008
- Poison Brothers Making Noise released: 2008
- Goa Moon, Volume 1 released: 2008
- San Fran Psychos 1: Phantasmagoria released: 2007
- Aires Rising released: 2007
- Wellspring, Volume 1: Equinocturnis released: 2006
- Sonic Solutions released: 2005
- Subculture released: 2005
- Remote Viewing released: 2005
- Sinister Sunrise released: 2005
- Vaporize released: 2004
- Interdimensional Space Frequencies released: 2003
Random
ALBUMS
- Pop Squad Presents 1978 released:
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by Lady Sovereign
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by Not Available
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by 311
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by Denison Marrs
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by Lamb
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by Treephort
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by C-tec
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by Che Fu
Random
by: Lady SovereignE'rybody in the club gettin' tipsy
Oh, f*** that, just whine like a gypsy
Can't see straight like I got one eye
Your bottle opener or mine?
Let's get started
Move ya arms 'round like f***ed up karate
Ohh, s***, my word play's nasty
Ohh, s***, don't put it past me
Move, titch, get out the way
Now enough of that, I'm here to stay
Flow lazy
Pick the pace up when I flow less hazy
J-Lo's got a batty
Well, you can't see mine
'Cause I wear my trousers baggy
Anyways, yeah, let's commence
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Sovereign get random, just do somethin' random
Smokin' kills and so do my lyrics
If you're poppin' pills then trust you're not with it
'Cause I got the skills and I'm over the limit
Dishin' lyrics like meals every second every minute
Ding, dong, special delivery
Biggest midget in the game, can't get rid of me
Give me just a minute and I'll in be your vicinity
My words hurt you just like losin' virginity
Well, I'm right there
Naw, tell a lie 'cause I'm right there
Right hurr, nah, right here
Now get off your churr, I mean chair
Some English MC's get it twisted
Start sayin' cookies instead of biscuits
Anyways, yeah, let's commence
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Sovereign get random, just do somethin' random
Yo, get up and do somethin' random
Yo, watch it now
One, two, Sov is comin' for you
Three, four, better lock your door
Five, six, well I'm full of tricks
So everybody come and vibe with the little titch
Switch
Just check how my flow differs
I'm droppin' lyrics like a hole droppin' knickers
I'm on a whole other level, I'm old school
Like [Incomprehensible], fry up the Snickers
This s***'s hot, where the sniffer though?
Let's get random, zagga, zagga, zagga, yo
You wanna come and test me, well, bring it on
This is the new ting, the new sing along
S O V
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Everybody get random, just do somethin' random
Everybody get random, all gyal them, all man them
Sovereign get random, just do somethin' random
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