How to apply random "random seed" value to multiple images

So, I am in a weird situation, have been surfing the net for the solution for over a day now and can't really find the solution.
What is it?
Its a small school project which I have chosen and cant really find a way to do it.
What I want to achieve?
I have an image and I want to have like 50 variations of it.
What I did?
I loaded up an image, recorded an action which applies the filter called "Wave", the the wave dialog box I selected Minimum and Maximum range for values.
Problem I am having:
I made 50 copies of the same image, and then I applied the action via batch processing to these 50 images. However, it applies the exact same settings/values which I recorded. It doesnt really use the range i.e maximum and minimum values I selected in the wave dialog box. It looks like when I closed hte wave dialog box, the action creates a new value called "Random seed" when recording and perhaps this random seed number tells photoshop what to choose from the min and max range supplied by the user.
So is there any way so that when I run the action, it will pick up a new random value from the supplied min and max range?
Thanks
Marolina

In all probability the Filter can be Scripted and JavaScript can provide (pseudo-)random values, so you may also want to ask over at
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_scripting?view=discussions
Additionally a Script could handle the creation and naming of the copies.

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