To check that this was not so, the experiment was repeat six months later when the Earth was travelling in the reverse direction on the opposite side of its orbit.

证明那个是巧合的时候却发现不是这样的，在六个月后重复了这个实验，此时地球正在轨道的另一边以相反的方向运行。

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LIFE on planet earth today is a despairing scene of righteousness in reverse.

现今地球这个行星上的生活是一幅正义颠倒的绝望景象。

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But in three years that ratio is expected to reverse, meaning that by 2001 most signals traveling around the Earth "will be machines talking to machines".

但是在三年后，这一比例可望颠倒过来，这就是说到2001年在全球传送的大部分信号“将是机器与机器的对话”。

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In summer the reverse process takes place: The (comparatively) cool earth becomes a waste dump for unwanted heat that accumulates inside the house.

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