another rating system question

Whichever rating is newest, if you edit a rating on the iPod, then sych it will update on itunes

if you update a rating, then change it again in itunes, the itunes one will overwrite the ipod one...

its all about last accessed points, im pretty sure :)

As some have pointed out in other threads "modified" date/times on files can be affected by more than just ratings.
So if it is last modified date I wonder if it differentiates between a change on a rating or any other change (essentially making sure if it updates a songs rating its because the rating it is going with is newest and not something else on the file which may have changed)

Example of where this could be a problem is in iTunes I have R.EM.?s Nightswimming track and it has a rating of 3.
I sync it to my 'Pod with that 3 and it happens to play again when I am in a particularly good mood and decide that Nightswimming makes me feels all warm and toasty inside so I up it to a 4.

Now before I sync my iPod with iTunes again and update the rating I remember the volume on the Nightswimming track seemed a bit low so I go in iTunes and run Sound Check on it. So now the file has technically last been modified in iTunes.
When I sync does the rating stay at 3 or go to 4?

Hmmm?

(BTW - I have to apologize, I ask long winded and confusing questions when watching the Yankees grinding out a tight game in the series, they just went up 2-1 in the 8th so if they hold on I promise to tone down my questions ;))