Random text generation

[Transfinite]

Obviously the subject line isn't what I actually need, since I googled it and got lorem ipsum generators. Basically, for those of you who know the Shippers Cup of Doom -- a page I made that randomly pulls up two pre-defined images each time it's refreshed -- I want to do something like that with text instead. Does anyone know how?

 

[Zhen Lin]

Try something like Markov chain text generator.

 

[Transfinite]

I Googled it and it really doesn't seem to help. For the first result, I tried putting in random names and set the limit of words for the output to 2, and the first name I put in was always part of the output. Not very good for what I want -- a text-based random ship generator.

 

[Zhen Lin]

Well, that's something completely different. A Markov chain algorithm generates gibberish text, not random pairings. The image-based SCoD script should be easily adapted for text, though.

 

[Transfinite]

I have no clue how to do such a thing.