Now a Norwegian charity is running a pilot project to install 50 solar-powered street lights in the capital, while other donors are watching from a distance to see if that works.

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He confessed to burning down a house in Texas, contentedly watching the flames from a distance.

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But that doesn't mean Google's engineers are idly watching semantic search from a distance, says Norvig.

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But watching this phenomenon from a distance, it struck me that there is something much bigger going on here, and it led me to a startling realization.

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We stopped a short distance from the edge, watching as a lone bird practiced acrobatic swoops and flips in the wind.

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