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A while back Robert wrote about the relativity of "live" broadcasts
of soccer games in warped media space. Few days back I happened to
work out in a health club during the last half of the US/Italy match.
The TV was tuned to Univision, the Spanish-language channel. Game
ended in a 1-1 tie. As I left the club, the TV in the lobby was tuned
to the beginning of the second half of the US/Italy match. The
announcer was speaking American English, and standing out on top of
the screen were the words "LIVE." I asked the guys watching if they
wanted to know how the game ended, since it was already over. When I
explained how I knew, they first made it clear that saying the final
score would result in a serious perturbation in my personal path
dependence. Then one guy looked back at the screen and, with a facial
expression reminiscent of Munch's The Scream, said, "But it says it's
live..."
Mike
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