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Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning
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From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
My old "Fisher" 60-CD changer had "random" too accurately defined and
would indeed play the same tune more than once in a sequence. What the
iPod and newer devices like it do is something other than scientific
"random." Each tune that gets played is noted and not played again in the
"shuffle" sequence. It could be that's why Apple calls the function
"shuffle" and not "random."
In any case, my point stands -- what's "too much" music in the age of
160-gig iPods?
Okeh...I shall redefine this in my own terms...!
I currently own about 53,000 78rpm phonorecord...of which at least 50,000
are
NOT duplicated within the archive! This means I have 100,000 distinct sound
recordings (here I am assuming the later "multi-track" 78's will effectively
cancel out the single-faced phonorecords...?!).
Now...let's assume I own 50,000 DIFFERENT phonorecords...or, in other
words, about 100,000 distinct sound recordings...! Let's also guess that the
average playing duration of these will run about 2:45...or 2-3/4 (2.75)
minutes...!
Making the above assumptions, I own 2.75 * 100,000 minutes of recorded
sound in my"half-vast archives"...or 275,000 minutes of sound. This is
4583-1/3 HOURS of recorded music...! This could, in turn, be "burnt" onto
around 3, 103 80-minute CD-R's...!
Do I own "TOO MUCH MUSIC"...?!
IF so...or IF not...explain your answers in as much detail as feasible...!!
Steven C. Barr