Quite regularly, there is a question on the mailing lists about random numbers, mainly for a unique identifier for a document.
Such random numbers are indeed not a big problem to implement, because JavaScript has the Math Object (because it is part of the Core, it is not described in the Acrobat JavaScript documentation), which contains the Math.random() method.
Federal Computer Week, a leading US publication for IT in government, they have a list of the top Six technologies that reshaped government. This list consists of:
While particularly item 2 may sound a little bit like unintentional humour, it is not really a surprise that half of the technologies are directly communication related. The interesting point, however, is that PDF has been taken into this list.
