Three Songs from Shuffle

I give iTunes and the iPod line of products more credit than they are due.

They are not intelligent and I am assuming that the shuffle function did not do this "on purpose".

(Why, yes, I am providing intent in behavior to software.)

This is a supreme example of "One of these things is not like the other."


Keri Noble - Remember My Name


Danzig - Mother


Emma Pollock - Paper & Glue

So, see folks? Ascribing intent, consciousness or sentience to iTunes is a bad idea, as it is obviously not ready to make a mix. My only real question is how the algorithm that selects the songs for shuffling put these three together.