Is itunes Random?
Anyone who loves music and would consider themselves a member of the “occasionally paranoid” club has likely wondered if their computer software is secretly plotting against them.
Old Man Schenk decided to prove it once and for all. He wrote a quick computer program (in Ruby!) and science ensued.
Great job Ryan!
your first problem is that your using itunes
winamp > itunes
Winamp has sucked ever since it was bought by AOL Time Warner 10 years ago.
blasphemy, even though AOL has bought them, that doesn’t mean that they instantly turned it into an AIM/AOL-esque product. they still give you the ability to use classic themes and the option to not install all the extra crap you don’t want. itunes is a resource hog and fails in the minimalist category.
True, the didn’t instantly turn into an AOL/TW product, it took about a week to fire all the original members from the development team.
:-D
Ryan Schenk: sparking nerd flame wars wherever he pleases
I don’t get it… what problem? He did a test, it proved the randomizer is random…
Anyway, thanks for the software recomendation from 2001.
Oh BURN!
though I have to admit, I’m a WINAMP user as well.
You also are an MSPaint user… clearly you’re a special case.
Well both winamp and itunes do offer the ability to rate tracks and then play those rated higher more occasionally so I guess the real problem is the lack of using the feature. As for the 2001 comment, winamp has been around since 1996. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
I suppose you’re right…
… so how does miked.com look in IE3?
IE is broken period
Yay, iTunes!
I listen to my music the same way, and I swear sometimes iTunes just knows what kind of mood I’m in.
Macs…ugh.
I’d be interested to see how Winamp performs in a similar test, however. The newest version, anyway. I’d be surprised if it behaved the same. But then, when a program rules all over the place, it’s bound to have a couple discrepancies here or there.