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June 01, 2005
Randomizers just aren't random.
You know, it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to create a decent randomizer engine for mp3 players. I understand the difficulty in creating a truly random randomizer, though I always liked the method of doing complex calculations off of the number of seconds since 1970; even that would be random enough for my purposes.
If it's emerging patterns we're worried about, why not just add a tiny thing that keeps track of how many times each song has been played (already a feature of itunes) and use that to make sure you don't play certain songs too much? At that point, patterns really aren't going to matter to the layman who just wants to listen to some damn music!
I have boring Cake songs that have a play count of sixteen and great They Might Be Giants songs that haven't even played twice.
Someone fix this, dammit!
Posted by becka at June 1, 2005 11:42 AM
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Becca! Boring Cake! But Cake is the greatest group ever. *sigh* I'm so dissapointed...
Posted by: Patti at June 7, 2005 12:29 AM