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Any idea why Sony chose an acronym that sounds suspiciously like a defunct analog tape system for its new MP3 player? (Eight-Track) Or am I the only one old enough around here to remember?

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. It's an animated GIF of the 3-D gravitational field of Earth. The spike of field you see near the pacific NW is likely the mass of the Cascade and Olympic ranges, not my ass.