#248285 - 01/02/2005 12:13
NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek...
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I cracked up on the way in this morning. NPR had a story, interviewing this guy that SWEARS his iPod mini has a fascination with Steely Dan. "It seems to play Steely Dan more, and play some things almost never".
The story ended with mathematicians and cryptographers explaining the nature or randomness, and that the human mind TRIES to make patterns out of random series. Funny, I wanted to call in and refer everyone to the loooong discussion on the empeg board.
"Hey, listners and iPod newbies, we empeg folks dealt with that issue, what, 3, 4 years ago? Ho Hum... old news..."
I guess the world is slowly catching up with us...
Jeff
Edited by jbrinkerhoff (01/02/2005 12:13)
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#248286 - 01/02/2005 15:22
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek...
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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Interesting. I'll go looking for a transcript of the program to link from that FAQ entry on the topic.
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#248287 - 02/02/2005 04:46
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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Registered: 13/02/2002
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"Hey, listners and iPod newbies, we empeg folks dealt with that issue, what, 3, 4 years ago? Ho Hum... old news..."
And then rehashed 6 months ago when the story hit the NY Times, too.
What with the lateness of it, and the duplication, it makes me wonder... NPR, news for nerds, stuff that matters? 
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#248288 - 02/02/2005 06:10
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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NPR, news for nerds, stuff that matters?
Well don't make fun. I'm glad NPR is finally covering this issue. I have the same problem. My Mk2A doesn't want to play anything but Grand Funk Railroad and BTO!
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#248289 - 02/02/2005 15:37
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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NPR, news for nerds, stuff that matters?
Well don't make fun. I'm glad NPR is finally covering this issue. I have the same problem. My Mk2A doesn't want to play anything but Grand Funk Railroad and BTO!
It could be worse... mine mostly plays 80's hair bands.
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#248290 - 02/02/2005 16:40
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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I knew something was amiss, mine plays mainly the cover tracks from each album. 
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#248291 - 02/02/2005 23:14
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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My Mk2A doesn't want to play anything but Grand Funk Railroad and BTO!
Clearly it's just trying to take care of business.
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#248292 - 03/02/2005 12:58
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek...
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Registered: 12/11/2001
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The empeg doesn't do random. It shuffles. They're different. The first has no weighting, the second can. And all the latest info from Peter, et al. indicated the Player software does use some dynamic data to bais the shuffle.
Bruno
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#248293 - 03/02/2005 13:19
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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Clearly it's just trying to take care of business.
Owwww! Tony, you are lucky my urgent care co-pay is only 10 bucks!
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#248294 - 03/02/2005 13:24
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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And all the latest info from Peter, et al. indicated the Player software does use some dynamic data to bais the shuffle.
Well, that's all well and good, but there's dynamic, then there's dynamic. First, I don't even own any Grank Funk Railroad, and I only loaded one single Guess Who tune on the Empeg. How the heck did it mutate into BTO?
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#248295 - 03/02/2005 15:42
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
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Hey, look at it this way, at least it didn't mutate into Steve Miller Band.
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#248296 - 03/02/2005 15:50
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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Yeah. It'd be a sad waste of an empeg for it to fly like an eagle out of the window.
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#248297 - 04/02/2005 05:16
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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No kidding... especially since the Empeg is the key to the highway.
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#248298 - 04/02/2005 12:12
Re: NPR this morning - iPod "randomness" (shuffle) article in Newsweek
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carpal tunnel
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Just the thing for going to Mexico.
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