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.

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Re:And Zonk dupes himself... again...

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"I remembered it, and I didn't get paid to post it."

So? Do you remember every comment you've posted?

Re:Randy Random says we've seen enough

[punkass]

I should also add that I love slashdot posters who announce they're leaving...like anyone truly gives a shit. Want to make a statement about the "Slashdot establishment"? Then don't say anything and fucking go already...if you were really contributing, someone will eventually think "gee, where's that bitchy guy who couldn't be bothered to log in when he posted?" Otherwise, you're just stroking your ego in a public forum (and nobody needs to read that).