Interview with a Search Engine


	Interview with a Search Engine
Djiezes
9-27-2006 1:30 PM
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search, search engine, ask, ask jeeves, jeeves, humor, fun, funny, internet, web, computer, technology, ai, intelligence, interview
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9-27-2006 8:49 PM
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<FONT size="2" face="Arial%2C%20Helvetica"><FONT size="2" color="%23000000">Thanks to its sophisticated program, which answers questions with phrases or sentences, Jeeves of AskJeeves.com granted <I>SatireWire</I> Editor Treat Warland the opportunity to actually interview a search engine. There were many important questions to ask. Unfortunately, he never got to most of them.
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<FONT size="2" face="Arial%2C%20Helvetica"><FONT size="2" color="%23000000"><STRONG>NOTE:</STRONG> These are <I>real</I> screen captures of <I>actual</I> responses. Advertisements appearing with results have been edited out, and the query boxes have been enlarged to allow readers to view entire questions. This does not in any way alter the responses.
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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/3B3F540C-D951-473C-BA36-48FF62818B56" alt="Garbage disposals grind" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/FC17D214-22AD-4DC2-B2B7-F95E57E60F11" alt="How human" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/61034DE6-2E38-4EEB-B8AD-ED8D6C8DB855" alt="Snaps, yes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/EF7489D5-2AD4-4CEA-8C9C-0B8305FBCAE6" alt="yes, killer props, sure" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/5C812CCF-5C16-427F-A367-6C2EA892595F" alt="What's Internet like?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/DD79788B-80F3-461A-BFF0-F5CE987AE8BD" alt="Bees?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/15937EE4-DBA7-4158-9DC2-95B65FA6BA1B" alt="What's the connection?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/78D90DDF-8892-4EC1-9D76-709499D30BE2" alt="Bluegrass" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/2FFDB3BE-98A9-4C1F-9AC0-A283E28BF883" alt="What?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/5AD33A0B-EB3F-4EC3-B4D4-623EFA5F9CAC" alt="Nutshell" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/3576F678-32FB-4295-9117-8B24EA576E64" alt="Doesn't help" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/C9F6F553-A6E2-46DE-AD8B-228FC733C44C" alt="Mouse not problem" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/49105464-07C5-4960-B5C5-C12989BCE9CC" alt="Damn the mouse" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/2D557BCB-B47C-4E86-BFDE-C64CFF83F1D0" alt="Damn the lemurs" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/742A0FDB-A192-4FA1-8FD5-34B02643DA58" alt="Answer question" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/21551071-76C0-4B3F-9E41-2A02061B73BB" alt="Just like engine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/2436FD47-24F9-470D-BCD1-5EC482A342D7" alt="straight answer" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/06203674-B173-4B71-AFFD-792E60DFDBF3" alt="How human" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeevesinterview.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.satirewire.com/img/EF6F9DA3-07D2-48B9-B779-2366DB3C9C98" alt="random answers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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