I have a rubber stamp that numbers things. By increments of 1. So boring.
How many times have I wanted to number things in a more interesting series? Perhaps random numbers, primes, or Fibonacci?
Well, never, actually. But if I did, I'd love it to be with that inky, low-res, manual stamper. Going "clunk, click; clunk, click; clunk, click..."-- sofacrat, May 24 2015 Intelligently simple mechanisms https://www.youtube...B19D5212993966#t=13 [MaxwellBuchanan, May 25 2015] + for thinking inside the box in a less crowded manner.
I tend to file things at random; this would help make chaos out of order.-- csea, May 25 2015 I wonder how difficult it would be to build a mechanical linear feedback shift register, which would generate a pseudo-random number pattern.-- mitxela, May 25 2015 If your stamp had 10 digits, and generated Fibonacci numbers starting from 1 and 1, you could only do 49 stamps before running out of space.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 25 2015 //I wonder how difficult it would be to build a mechanical linear feedback shift register//
I think - not very, for those skilled in the art of mechanical design.-- Loris, May 25 2015 //skilled in the art of mechanical design//
See <link> for anyone interested in clever mechanical gadgetry.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 25 2015 random, halfbakery