Genius playlist question(just curious)...

I was curious how exactly the Genius playlist function works, specifically what criteria it uses in selecting songs. I ask, because I've made several Genius playlists, and I notice some of the same songs keep popping up again and again? Also, it seems to favor songs I've purchased from the iTunes store. I thought that it only selected such songs, but I noticed it had also selected a handful of songs from other sources(imported CDs, songs downloaded from websites, etc.).
Also, is there a way to get it to use songs that aren't checked? I have two iPods, a 4GB nano(2nd gen) and an 80 GB classic. I use the "only sync checked" function for the nano, and I sync everything for the classic. I have more than 7,000 songs, and I don't want to have to go through them one by one, checking and unchecking, just to get Genius to consider every song. (and no, I don't want to use a different method to synch my iPods, the way I do it works great for me)

It only uses checked songs.
As for how it works, I'm sure that's Apple's secret and they intend to keep it that way...
Since you're not open to leaving all songs checked and just syncing selected playlists to the nano, you might try a 2nd library ITL file to build Genius playlists. You can then export them to XML format, and import them into your current ITL file.

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