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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.

It's about goddamned time.