tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165171232011-12-04T18:15:54.931ZHello dearie, got a query?Basil Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167710264665141715noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517123.post-1137991386622051472006-03-05T21:07:00.000Z2006-03-05T21:10:19.096ZShould you wish to test your mettle against the combined weight of human experience, as represented by a clever meta-search of popular search engines, try <a href="http://www.yeahbutisitart.com/chat-to-the-internet/">this site</a>. Here's the transcript of how your own correspondent fared...<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br />The internet says:</span><br />Hi. I'm smarter than you and I can prove it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:</span><br /> What with?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:</span><br /> Well, I'm tired of this domain name and I don't like the site all that much so I'm off.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:</span><br /> You're supposed to be omniscient! Huh!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:</span><br /> I know he is supposed to be omniscient as well so he must have.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:</span><br />Talk sense, laddie!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:</span><br />The end of that day brought the Reverend Lazarus Barden to the McElwaine place yet again to talk sense into the one sane member of the clan, Sister Tabitha.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:</span><br /> Ohhh. riiight, you just make sentences out of keywords.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:</span><br /> cunt randomNum = Math.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:</span><br /> arse parse<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:</span><br /> I will try with nanoxml tomorrow, which does not use the XMLPull API, which might be easier .<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Puny human says:<br /></span>I'll take that as your statement of defeat. Farewell and Webspeed to you and your kin.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The internet says:<br /></span>Click on a checkbox above to open one.<br /><br />Interesting to see that the internet had to resort to bad language in order to score a cheap point. I would never sanction gratuitous use of the cunt word. Yet another reason to scorn the mighty giant and entrust your queries to me and my sponsors.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16517123-113799138662205147?l=askbasil.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Basil Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167710264665141715noreply@blogger.com0