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December 30, 2004
Google News: Apple's New Computer Looks Like the PSP!
Well, I guess that's what you get when you ask robots to run a news site. For the most part, Google News is seamless, but every once in a while a story is filed in the wrong place. I guess artificial intelligence just isn't quite to the point where it can be perfect in tasks such as this, but we're getting there. Above is a recent error I noticed. It seems Google saw a similar price value between the Apple Computer story and the PSP one and filed them together.
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Earthquake Accelerated Earth's Rotation
The recent, devastating earthquake, which measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, is believed to have reduced the earth year by a fraction of a second. The quake pushed two tectonic plates together, making the Earth more compact and causing it to spin faster. In addition to causing the planet to spin 3 microseconds faster, it also caused it to tilt about 2.5cm on its axis. Also, the island of Sumatra's position was shifted 36 meters, and several islands around it were moved significantly as well.
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