"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
28 October 2006The dawn of the Anti-JeevesEarlier this year, Ask.com gave Jeeves his walking papers. It's a shame, really; nobody on your screen ever did a better job of representing the True and Faithful Servant, and you always heard "Very good, sir. Will there be anything else?" in the back of your mind as you scrolled down the first page of search results. That was the essence of Jeeves: quiet, polite, unassuming. And I suspect that were Jeeves to see this, ice would form on his upper slopes. Needless to say, it's a Microsoft product. (Via Samantha Burns.) TrackBack: 10:19 PM, 28 October 2006 » Ms. Dewey from The Gleeson Bloglomerate Most of your search engine companies are competing by making their programming ever smarter. Microsoft is bucking that trend, and going the other direction. Via Charles, I found "Ms. Dewey," quite possibly the dumbest search engine in hi......[read more] It's hilarious. But Google has nothing to worry about - this woman will NOT wear well. I assume offhand it's really just some sort of joke and not a serious product. (Don't worry about Jeeves, he'll find work. Good hlep is hard to find and all that.) Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 3:49 PM on 28 October 2006Ms. Dewey's creators have a better sense of humor about lascivious suggestions than the "Beer Me" girls did. Posted by: McGehee at 8:26 AM on 29 October 2006 |