View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/04/08/26/nyt.ipod.shuffle/ Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 10:15am NYT: "Tunes, a Hard Drive a... The New York Times today discusses the iPod's Shuffle feature as well as conspiracy theories that surround its effectiveness. The mood-wrecking potential of leaving the selection of thousands of songs to chance has pushed some away from ever using Shuffle, while others insist the iPod favors certain artists songs -- a notion that Apple's Director of iPod marketing says is false while insisting Shuffle is completely random.