Am I misunderstanding random numbers?

[Christopher Eykamp <chris@...>]

When I run the following snippet, I get unexpected results.  About 50% 
of the results are the same (I've omitted the different ones from my 
results list, because they're not as interesting :-)


math.randomseed( __randomSeed )
print ("Seed: ".. __randomSeed, 
math.random(10000),math.random(10000),math.random(10000),math.random(10000))

=====

Seed: 3063121584        12      2356    6482    744
Seed: 2428144928        12      2356    6482    744
Seed: 3559301251        12      2356    6482    744
Seed: 4287790062        12      2356    6482    744
Seed: 2737803158        12      2356    6482    744
Seed: 2458923424        12      2356    6482    744