Random items on home page

[Fez-o Joe]

Anyone know where this 'random' gets seeded from?!?

Or, does the random just mean random category - not item?

OK, after attempting to make sense of \whats_new.php - it appears that it does make a random number pull, then selects from that number, 'plus' to the max amount you've told it to display.

But, it's not a random each time - it's pulling products_id - then just incrementing. ex: it pulls a 220, then displays item 220, 221, 222.

What I'd like (and think the intent was) is a true random ... perhaps a pull of item 220, then 42, then 467 to fulfill the display request - that make sense?

Just curious...