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Perhaps, but what I was driving at was the possibility that they left 
some faulty software in the machine.  If so, then we might see "failure" 
in future programs.  Not so last night though.  However, it guessed 
Toronto on a question that I think might have been restricted to US 
cities.   With $35K winnings, maybe they can fix it. :-)

On 2/15/2011 9:14 AM, Beryl Rosenthal wrote:
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> (picky, picky picky…!)
>
> Beryl
>
> On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Wayne Watson wrote:
>
>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
>> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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>> Did anyone notice the glitch last night.  The computer repeated the
>> wrong answer on the Olympic question.  As I recall from the NOVA show,
>> that was supposed to be fixed.
>>
>> --
>>            Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
>>
>>              (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
>>               Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
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>>            "Whenever people have used religious documents to make
>>             accurate predictions about our base knowledge of the
>>             physical world, they have been famously wrong."
>>                  -- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicst
>>
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-- 
            Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

              (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
               Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

            "Whenever people have used religious documents to make
             accurate predictions about our base knowledge of the
             physical world, they have been famously wrong."
                  -- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicst

                     Web Page:<www.speckledwithstars.net/>

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