Marc Sherman Wrote: > Mike Anderson wrote: > > > > I ask this because I frequently find that a random mix will select > two > > songs off the same album within a short span of songs, even though I > > have quite a few albums (more than 600). > > That's essentially the Birthday problem. It's not a problem with > Random > Mix, but rather with your understanding of statistics, probably > compounded by the fact that you tend to notice it when it happens, but > ignore the situation when it doesn't, making it seem like it happens > even more frequently than it really does. > > - Marc
Exactly. For example, one could ask the complementary question, "Why don't I hear two songs from the same album that often?" As for the Music Magic, I should have said "It's a great non-randomizer". -- ezkcdude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19696 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
