google news

well, that's interesting.

the new google news service uses a computer algorithim to decide which stories are the most 'relevant news first'. so, just now when i go to check the site (10.30pm, 20 Dec NZST), 2 of the top 7 stories are...

Indian Batting Collapse at Hamilton [Rediff.com]
Propoganda & Lord of the Rings [NY Times]

...kinda weird how they pull the propoganda story from the '264 related' items, most of which were gushing reviews, but it was the NY Times, and, now that I look again, there's a different LOTR story altogether, a gushing review, in fact...

And 70 related stories on the cricket, which is a lot, really.

And Rediff.com cricket site. There's a good read I knew nothing about...

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Forums: The Bar,

seems google news quite likes cricket, much to the confusion of the american web-surfing public...

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heh, that was a really interesting read noizyboy. cheers for the link

this is related in quite a random kind of way.

the "how google works" involving cages full of pigeons and some sly satire of windows v. linux
a very funny read ...

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