peter;374589 Wrote: > SJobson wrote: > > I've not had this problem, and I use random quite a lot. Odd. I've > > only turned off a few genres in the Random screen (podcast, > Classical, > > Christmas) so it's selecting from most of my library. Is that the > case > > for those having problems? > > It's a well known fact (tm) that real random doesn't seem random enough > > for many people. The casino's are full of them. In my case my SB can > read my mind and often plays eerily relevant tracks. The iRiver in my > car is jinxed similarly. > > Still, I accept the point that some form of enhanced random algorithm > would feel better to our irrational selves. And who'd want to hear > three > Ramones tracks in a row anyway? > > Regards, > Peter
Yes, human beings tend to find true randomness to be counter-intuitive. See the birthday paradox. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56989 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
