The Perception of 'Random' on the iPod

Robaato writes "Stephen Levy writes in the Guardian about the perception of randomness, or the lack thereof, on an iPod set to shuffle." From the article: "My first iPod loved Steely Dan. So do I. But not as much as my iPod did.... I didn't keep track of every song that played every time I shuffled my tunes, but after a while I would keep a sharp ear out for what I came to call the LTBSD (Length of Time Before Steely Dan) Factor. The LTBSD Factor was always perplexingly short." My first iPod shuffle refused to let me delete (sigh) Weird Al's Polkamon off of the flash memory.

Comments

And Zonk dupes himself... again...

[Anonymous Coward]

Is the iPod Shuffle Playing Favorites?

How about an analysis of the randomness of Zonk dupes. I guess I should be happy it's not a games story.

Truly, a Slashdot legend

[punkass]

What, we're losing Anonymous Coward? He's been here since the begining, and he wrote half the posts! OH NOES!!!!1!