Google runs a data center not far from Shelby, and apparently, someone had sent the switch to the wrong place. After putting two and two together, those IT guys shipped it back to Google and promptly vanished from the 'net. But the information they posted to that online discussion forum, including several photos of the switch, opened a small window into an operation with enormous implications for
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