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OTM 10/30: Take that, Computer!

Let the record state that October 30, 2009, is the day that the Cosby sweater began to unravel, stitch by stitch, slowly unveiling the post-apocalyptic, Charlton Hestonian dystopia that is: COMPUTERWORLD. At least in Bob Garfield’s head.

In the middle of an otherwise sane conversation about computer programs that construct news stories as search engine fodder, [...]