just how random is shuffle?

[Fritz]

"BTW, I think if you plug your shuffle into your computer and add or delete songs (or maybe not), it resets the random play thingy."

True, but apparently not as much as you'd think.

"so you want a random number generator that excludes numbers that have already been picked?"

quasi-organized random?

"You could make a non-random "random" smart playlist that excludes songs after X plays so that all your music is played, eventually."

hmmmmmmmmmmmm............