Is your iPod playlist really random

Ever wondered if the shuffle function on your iPod really throws up tunes that are random? Well, maybe not. Wired News has an interesting article that looks at the randomisation feature on Apple's MP3 player and examines the whole idea of expecting tunes to be random.

The problem, it turns out, isn't that the programs aren't randomizing my playlists. They are. According to Jeff Lait, a mathematician and author of randomm3u, it's what's happening between my ears, specifically, in my expectations of what it means for something to be random.

Interesting read.
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