This wasn't the question I thought it was. It's actually "why don't things get reshuffled when I expect?" The answer to the stated question is: because randomn

This wasn't the question I thought it was. It's actually "why don't things get reshuffled when I expect?" The answer to the stated question is: because randomness clumps and plays too many songs from the same album/artist/wtfe and bugs people. See also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4301922 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4301922