// script and comments by CleverPig (www.cleverpig.com)
//expects a 600x300 stage with a dark background colour
//
//empty clips for drawing...
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("drawing",1);
_root.drawing.createEmptyMovieClip("sq",1);
// centre the 'drawing' mc on the stage...
_root.drawing._x=300;
_root.drawing._y=150;
// draw a solid white 4x4 square in the 'sq' mc
_root.drawing.sq.beginFill(0xffffff,100);
_root.drawing.sq.moveTo(-2,-2);
_root.drawing.sq.lineTo(2,-2);
_root.drawing.sq.lineTo(2,2);
_root.drawing.sq.lineTo(-2,2);
_root.drawing.sq.lineTo(-2,-2);
_root.drawing.sq.endFill();
// hide the original 'sq' off stage
_root.drawing.sq._y=1000;
// make 198 copies of the square
for( i = 2; i<200; i++) 
{
	//note: random(600)-300 gives a random integer between -300 & 299
	initOb={_x:random(600)-300, _y:random(300)-150}
	_root.drawing.sq.duplicateMovieClip("s"+i,i,initOb);
}