"It's not just random play, it's learning through play," says Marjoniemi.
The two laughed, dodged about, and ran around the room in what looked like random play.
This season, a random play here or there got the Giants in.
On the profile page, Ms. Gelson — whom the "concerned parent" said was not a real person — is described as looking for "random play" and "whatever I can get".
Random play may popularize your music in the aggregate, but it doesn't foster the same kind of investment in the songs themselves.
In the good old days you were at least offered "random play", which had the merit of sounding at once pervy and vaguely situationist.
In addition to the pace-sensing feature, the player lets you shuffle your songs without pushing buttons — just give it three shakes within two seconds to break out of your set list and into random play.
When the iPod is set for random play, its selection may include the frequency software file, which produces sounds that call to mind the warblings of a drunken robot.
When asked what you're looking for, you can keep it equally fluid by answering 'Random play' or 'Whatever I can get.' A twentysomething student told me he was building up a network exclusively of hot female 'friends' with a view to selling his Facebook identity once he reaches the 100 mark.
Currently on Facebook, users can say they are looking for friendship, dating, a relationship, random play or "whatever I can get".
