alienbee,

It does work with 6.1.4. I have dozens of sites that make use of this technique. Check out my Dolphin site (see my profile) and you will see a Daily Quotes block that randomly generates a quote with each page refresh.

You can also check out okweb's tutorial on showing a Daily Quote and newdreamers tutorial. Both members have kindly gave their time to provide some very useful info on its usage.

Good luck!