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



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