duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies — pull request #262 by UnGround (2013-12-10 00:28:11+00:00)
Title: Mac Address generator goodie

What does your instant answer do?
Generates random MAC addresses

What problem does your instant answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?
sometimes you just need a quick MAC address, and looking up a generator or writing a script is a pain

What is the data source for your instant answer? (Provide a link if possible)
pure code - join(':', map {sprintf '%0.2X', rand(255)}(1..6))

Why did you choose this data source?
simplicity

Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?
not that I know of

What are some example queries that trigger this instant answer?
generate mac or random mac

Which communities will this instant answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)
security specialists, network engineers

Is this instant answer connected to an Ideas.DuckDuckHack or Duck.co thread?
yes - https://duck.co/ideas/idea/121/generate-random-mac-address

Which existing instant answers will this one supercede/overlap with?
none that I know of

Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?
nope, picked an easy one for my first foray into DDG

**Note: Please attach a screenshot for new instant answer pull requests, and for pull requests which modify the look/design of existing instant answers.
N/A

Checklist

Please place a ✔ where appropriate.

[✔] Added metadata and attribution information
[✔] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[✔] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines(https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-documentation/blob/master/duckduckhack/styleguides/design_styleguide.md)
[] Tested cross-browser compatability

Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] Safari

- iOS (iPhone)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- iOS (iPad)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Android
[] Firefox
[] Native Browser
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera