Re: [Apple iPod] Shuffle, is it really?

yes, in itunes prefs, certainly you may.
`KM
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On May 23, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Jules wrote:

> Can I set or change this randomness?
> Jules
>
> --- In AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com, Just Murray <lists@...> wrote:
> >
> > itunes has controls over how random the shuffle is. u place your 200
> > or so songfs in it and either play then inj a row, or shuffle.
> > ~KM
> > "Microsoft - Which end of the stick do you want today?"
> > -- Unknown
> >
> > On May 21, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Jules wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone explain what Shuffle does. I would assume that it would
> > > randomly pick tunes
> > > (when shuffling Tunes) but again and again I find that out of a
> > > choice of nearly 7000 songs it
> > > will most often pick more than one from the same album within the
> > > first half hour of playing.
> > > How does the programming behind shuffle work does anyone know.
> Is it
> > > trying to be clever
> > > and pick some tracks from the same albums to create a sort of
> pseudo
> > > random conformity
> > > (that sounded good eh?) or what?
> >
> >

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