From:	Matthew Bond mgb@*****.swinternet.co.uk
Subject:	Name Generator 'Released'
Date:	Wed, 18 Oct 2000 00:54:28 +0100

Just to let everyone know, I've put a zipped Excel spreadsheet (should
work OK in Excel 97 or 2000) on my wesite that generates 'modern' names.

Get it from:

http://www.akira.swinternet.co.uk/trav.html

click on the link on this page to download the file.

It's 1,156kb, so may take a while (Took about 4 minutes when I tested it
on my 56.6K modem...), but it will generate 20 Male and 20 Female names
at a time (just press F9 to generate another set), based on the 1990 US
Census data. Every combination has an equal chance of appearing, so
there aren't lot's of 'John Smith's, and the names produce are equally
useful for games such as Traveller (Solomani...) and Shadowrun.

Comments welcome.

Matt