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diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
index 555630f..48e819a 100755
--- a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
+++ b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import string
 from random import random
+from MessageKeeper import MessageKeeper
 
 orderings = None
 
@@ -178,4 +179,37 @@ class GrayIdler(Idler):
 		self.i = 0
 		self.grayCode = 0
 		if self.reorder:
-			self.reorder = int(random()*40320)
+			self.reorder = int(random()*40319)+1
+
+
+class StringIdler(Idler):
+	def __init__(self, v, text="Hello Cruel World!  "):
+		self.v = v
+		self.mk = MessageKeeper(v)
+		self.text = self.clean_text(text)
+		
+		msg = [("",False, None),(self.text, True, 0.8)]
+		self.mk.set_messages(msg)
+
+	def clean_text(self, text):
+		# nothing like a bit of good clean text :)
+		valid = string.digits \
+			+ string.letters \
+			+ string.punctuation \
+			+ " "
+		# uppercase it
+		text = string.upper(text)
+		clean = ""
+		for char in text:
+			if char in valid:
+				clean = clean + char
+			else:
+				clean = clean + " "
+		return clean
+
+	def next(self):
+		self.mk.update_display()
+
+	def reset(self):
+		pass
+		#self.mk.update_display(forced=True)