MISTBowl-Brackets-py/TickBasedRandom.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2
import time, random, decimal, sys

ticks = 0.0
random.seed(0.0)

def GetInteger(min, max):
    global ticks
    currentTicks = time.time()
    if currentTicks != ticks:
        ticks = currentTicks
        random.seed(ticks)
    return int(round(min + decimal.Decimal(random.random()) * (max-min)))

def SortRandom(inputList):
    output = []
    while len(inputList) > 0:
        index = GetInteger(0, len(inputList) - 1)
        output.append(inputList[index])
        del inputList[index]
    return output