Comments on: My Shuffling iPod Experiment http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/ The personal website of John Conners, a Scotsman living in Yorkshire who loves photography and writes software for a living Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Conners http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 John Conners Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:32:34 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1900 Ha ha! No, I used the same camera, just in different places at different times. I caught the first one better, should really have held it the same way for the second but too late for that! Ha ha!

No, I used the same camera, just in different places at different times. I caught the first one better, should really have held it the same way for the second but too late for that!

]]> By: Stu http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1899 Stu Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:28:41 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1899 Did you use different cameras for the 2 pictures of your iPod, or did you use one of your grad filter thingies? Did you use different cameras for the 2 pictures of your iPod, or did you use one of your grad filter thingies?

]]> By: Stu http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Stu Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:25:56 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1898 Vastly under-rated. They were at least on a par with the other top Scottish band, Wet Wet Wet. Vastly under-rated. They were at least on a par with the other top Scottish band, Wet Wet Wet.

]]> By: John Conners http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 John Conners Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:30:12 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1897 Wait a minute Stu, I thought you loved Deacon Blue! ;-) Wait a minute Stu, I thought you loved Deacon Blue! ;-)

]]> By: Stu http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1896 Stu Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:23:14 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1896 > You can't beat hearing Deacon Blue How can I ever take you seriously after that statement? > You can’t beat hearing Deacon Blue

How can I ever take you seriously after that statement?

]]> By: John Topley http://johnsadventures.com/archives/2007/03/my_shuffling_ipod_experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 John Topley Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:48:09 +0000 http://www.johnsadventures.com/wp/archives/2007/03/my-shuffling-ipod-experiment.html#comment-1895 You kids with your iPods...honestly! As a computer <em>scientist</em> you should know that there's no such thing as an algorithm that produces truly random results. Anyway, I seem to recall that Apple added a slider to iTunes that lets you adjust the weighting somehow. Finally, I agree with point three but not with point four i.e. you can beat it! P.S. Your click wheel looks rather scratched in the right-hand shot. You kids with your iPods…honestly!

As a computer scientist you should know that there’s no such thing as an algorithm that produces truly random results. Anyway, I seem to recall that Apple added a slider to iTunes that lets you adjust the weighting somehow. Finally, I agree with point three but not with point four i.e. you can beat it!

P.S. Your click wheel looks rather scratched in the right-hand shot.

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