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Mathematically The Coolest CD/MP3 Player Ever
R. Alex Whitlock
[Posted on the Original RAWbservations]
A couple days back, I got a CD player installed in my car at a great price by my friend Andy. This means retirement for my portable CD/MP3 player, which is a shame because it was cool. So cool, in fact, it was mathematically one in a million. One in over a trillian, actually.
Bear with me.
I was driving up to Waco and listening to it when it played the a song two times in a row. Now, this is an MP3 CD with approximately 178 tracks. So what are the chances that it would play the same song two times in a row? 178x178=31,684. I hit Next Song and... wah-lah! Same song again. 31,684x178=5,637,952. I hit Next Song and it played the same song, yet a fourth time. 5,637,952x178=1,003,875,856
So there is a 1-in-1,003,875,856 chance that it would do that. Well, that's my player!
So what happened after the fourth? I powered it off and powered it back on. The magic was gone and it went to another song.
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