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Is the iPod Shuffle Playing Favorites?

Posted by Zonk on from the my-dog-is-LOOKING-at-me dept.

marksilverman writes "Steven Levy at Newsweek is reporting that his iPod Shuffle seems to favor certain songs. Is Apple receiving kickbacks to promote certain artists? Apple denies it, of course, and Levy had the good sense to ask a mathmatician and a cryptographer who explained that it's probably just humans finding patterns where there are none." Less neurotically, both CNet and PCWorld have discussions of the Shuffle's interior spaces.

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  1. Waste by ValiantSoul · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Levy had the good sense to ask a mathmatician and a cryptographer who explained..."

    Why in the hell would you waste your time finding and possibly paying someone for such common sense? Maybe you have it set to play based on ratings which can be set in iTunes, dunno, but seriously use your head.

  2. Re:Now that you mention it... by jim_v2000 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have heard YMCA an inordinate amount of times on my ipod shuffle. I wonder what that means.

    Well I have been told by my anti-Mac friends that the iPod was gay...

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