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  1. Re:weak tsunami impact by misterbond · · Score: 1 · on Mapping Google News
    if you remember most of the news did not make it out until late in the day / the next day so it might be worth checking out these links as well.

    27/12

    28/12

  2. Re:weak tsunami impact by misterbond · · Score: 1 · on Mapping Google News
    if you remember most of the news did not make it out until late in the day / the next day so it might be worth checking out these links as well.

    27/12

    28/12

  3. Nov 3rd? Dec 26? by mzieg · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Mapping Google News
    I have to question the results a bit. Look at the archive for November 2004, especially around Nov 3rd . Anyone remember any "buzz" about Ohio? Maybe a Florida 2000 reprisal? "Battleground States," anyone? That was a hugely geographic news event, and it doesn't even register on their chart. Likewise, Sumatra barely merits a blip on Dec 26. I'm not sure I'm buying this.

    What we have here is one computer algorithm aggregating another computer algorithm's assessment of "newsworthy," with no provision for hindsight or fluff-vs-historical weighting. It's a neat idea, and the graphics are pretty slick, but I don't see any real value here.

  4. Nov 3rd? Dec 26? by mzieg · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Mapping Google News
    I have to question the results a bit. Look at the archive for November 2004, especially around Nov 3rd . Anyone remember any "buzz" about Ohio? Maybe a Florida 2000 reprisal? "Battleground States," anyone? That was a hugely geographic news event, and it doesn't even register on their chart. Likewise, Sumatra barely merits a blip on Dec 26. I'm not sure I'm buying this.

    What we have here is one computer algorithm aggregating another computer algorithm's assessment of "newsworthy," with no provision for hindsight or fluff-vs-historical weighting. It's a neat idea, and the graphics are pretty slick, but I don't see any real value here.

  5. Nov 3rd? Dec 26? by mzieg · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Mapping Google News
    I have to question the results a bit. Look at the archive for November 2004, especially around Nov 3rd . Anyone remember any "buzz" about Ohio? Maybe a Florida 2000 reprisal? "Battleground States," anyone? That was a hugely geographic news event, and it doesn't even register on their chart. Likewise, Sumatra barely merits a blip on Dec 26. I'm not sure I'm buying this.

    What we have here is one computer algorithm aggregating another computer algorithm's assessment of "newsworthy," with no provision for hindsight or fluff-vs-historical weighting. It's a neat idea, and the graphics are pretty slick, but I don't see any real value here.