That all sounds reasonable, and superficially the data I have reflects this, but I'm getting the same few artists and albums over and over, not just the same one twice here and there. And yes, I know the temptation to find patterns where none exist; so I will try and pin this down more quantitatively.
snarlydwarf;391911 Wrote: > (and now that I have had my caffeine..) > > Since I am too lazy to do the math, we'll pretend you have 365 artists > in your library. > > If you choose 23 random tracks, then, you have a 50% or so chance that > two of the tracks will be by the same artist. > > If you choose 30 random tracks, then about 70% of the time two will be > by the same artist. > > For 50 tracks, you're at 99% chance of repeated artists. > > If you have less artists, then the chances go up, of course... and if > you have 365 albums, well, replace "artist" with "album" above. Ie, > with 365 albums, choosing 50 random tracks will almost always have at > least two tracks from the same album. -- mrfantasy --Mike http://last.fm/user/mrfantasy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mrfantasy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59041 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
