Re: [Banshee-List] [PATCH] Life is Random

[Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com>]

Ahh, nice. If you're feeling adventurous, you could do some non-SQL
sorting to implement this for non-Library sources :D

Now I just need to open up the Genre field for editing.

--Aaron

On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 15:23 -0800, Brad Taylor wrote:
> Howdy y'all,
> 
> I spent my company holiday cooking up a patch that allows Banshee's
> shuffle to be marginally more intelligent (think: single-celled amoeba
> instead of a rock).
> 
> This patch harnesses many advanced computer science techniques like
> "PROBABILITY", "GREEK LETTERS[1]" and "RANDOM NUMBERS" to construct a
> shuffle that will oftentimes hover inside of a genre, creating a fluid
> and dynamic listening experience, then will hop out of said genre to
> maintain that musty aura of randomness we all know and love.
> 
> For those all you smarmy inquisitors (you know who you are), feel free
> to read the patch to find out how it all works.  Its rather simple,
> really.
> 
> To apply this patch, you'll need Banshee from CVS.
> 
> I'd love to hear how people like this -- HOVER_FREQUENCY may still need
> some tweaking to be optimal.
> 
> -Brad
> 
> --
> [1] Sadly, the greek letters had to be removed due to a run in with the
>     confusing-variable-name-police.  No, not the sexy police.
> 
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