YAGERMAN wrote:
I don't understand this world anymore....Also how come when i put my ipod on shuffle it usually plays the some shit? i got the ipod cuz the radio plays nothing but garbage and not the band but true garbage.
It's extreemly unlikely that apple's psudo-random number generator is bad enough that it would be noticeable to people during their lifetimes, or thousands more years.
People may be complaning about a lack of variation but that's just a problem with their playlist, not the product. There are PRNGs out there good enough for strong crypto, so there are certanly some that are good enough for a playlist.
Truly pseudo-random you mean? There's no way a deterministic device can ever produce true randomness, and whatever pseudo-random number generator is used with the iPod will eventually repeat itself perfectly
Actually, on a lexicographic point, "shuffle" as used in audio equipment is distinct from "random," and the distinction has been around much longer than iPods. Random means, well, random. The device picks every new track at random, without regard for what it has already played. Set your CD player on random-play you could hear the same track twice in a row, as I occasionally did with my old one. Shuffle play means "play each track exactly once, in a random order."