Comments on: Ms. Dewey Makes Searching Interesting http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38630 Ryan Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:55:54 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38630 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-38626">CoryC wrote:</a><blockquote>You get a nice response from typing "take off your clothes".</blockquote></div> Ha! I just tried that and if you keep doing searches on it there are a few different responses that she has. One of them involves "buffering." :D CoryC wrote:
You get a nice response from typing “take off your clothes”.

Ha! I just tried that and if you keep doing searches on it there are a few different responses that she has. One of them involves “buffering.” :D

]]> By: CoryC http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38626 CoryC Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:49:25 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38626 You get a nice response from typing "take off your clothes". You get a nice response from typing “take off your clothes”.

]]> By: CoryC http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38621 CoryC Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:45:18 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38621 I typed "eat shit" and she replied, "There are farm animals that don't do that kind of thing what makes you think I would." Nice. Real nice. I typed “eat shit” and she replied, “There are farm animals that don’t do that kind of thing what makes you think I would.”

Nice. Real nice.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38571 Ryan Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:51:18 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38571 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-38261">Dochar wrote:</a><blockquote>Nice one, and it does show more than three results, if you scroll. (just hover the bottom/top part of the results windows)</blockquote></div> I noticed that it does allow more than three but that is like viewing your search results on a screen the size of a PDA...it just isn't very good. Dochar wrote:
Nice one, and it does show more than three results, if you scroll. (just hover the bottom/top part of the results windows)

I noticed that it does allow more than three but that is like viewing your search results on a screen the size of a PDA…it just isn’t very good.

]]> By: curtissthompson http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38411 curtissthompson Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:43:19 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38411 when trying this a few days back when I first saw it, I found it amusing that the only time she "interacted" with the user (input), was when they typed something offensive or otherwise not intended for search purposes. like the examples people have listed such as "f*ck off" if it is just a search you are performing she won't interact in any new or original way....however the concept is cool and innovative, I'd like to see them do more with it, when it comes to reaction to user input...creating the illusion of interaction between Ms. Dewey, and the lonely computer geek at the other end ;) when trying this a few days back when I first saw it, I found it amusing that the only time she “interacted” with the user (input), was when they typed something offensive or otherwise not intended for search purposes. like the examples people have listed such as “f*ck off”

if it is just a search you are performing she won’t interact in any new or original way….however the concept is cool and innovative, I’d like to see them do more with it, when it comes to reaction to user input…creating the illusion of interaction between Ms. Dewey, and the lonely computer geek at the other end ;)

]]> By: Dochar http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38261 Dochar Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:55:29 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38261 Nice one, and it does show more than three results, if you scroll. (just hover the bottom/top part of the results windows) Nice one, and it does show more than three results, if you scroll. (just hover the bottom/top part of the results windows)

]]> By: jkrebs1 http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38118 jkrebs1 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:03:13 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38118 i'd hit that. i’d hit that.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38095 Ryan Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:28:39 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38095 I tried it a few times and one time she said that "I tried that with 3 close friends once." Interesting... 8O I tried it a few times and one time she said that “I tried that with 3 close friends once.” Interesting… 8O

]]> By: Lewis http://cybernetnews.com/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-38009 Lewis Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:21:06 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/16/ms-dewey-makes-searching-interesting/#comment-38009 Telling her to "f*ck off" brings up some mildly amusing results. If you keep at it she gets stressed and swears a lot. Also, you can hear the directors in the background! Telling her to “f*ck off” brings up some mildly amusing results. If you keep at it she gets stressed and swears a lot.

Also, you can hear the directors in the background!

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