C#

Creamboy wrote:

then, use some randomizing technique

private string[] PickFrom(string[] values, int count) {
	Random r = new Random();
	string[] result = new string[count];
	for (int i = 0, index = 0; index < count; i++) {
		if (r.Next(values.Length - i) < count - index) {
			result[index++] = values[i];
		}
	}
	return result;
}

Luc Pattyn wrote:

Shouldn't all candidate values get the same probability?
IMO the test should read if ( r.Next(values.Length) < count )
so each value[i] has probability count/value.Length

Luc Pattyn wrote:

So you are cheating a bit
to make it work all the time, at the expense of the first elements in the array,
since your probabilities are increasing at first.

var collection = new List<KeyValuePair<Type, Color>>();
collection.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Color>(theType, theColor));

Type typeReturned = collection[32].Key;
Color colorReturned = collection[32].Value;

1. Should be alright provided that there are no security restrictions in place between you and the server.
2. Provided your host can host it and your client can access the host there will (hopefully) be no problems.