[PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)

Geoff Burling llywrch at agora.rdrop.com
Wed Jun 12 23:53:33 UTC 2002


On 12 Jun 2002, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> >>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
> Rich>   ... then Microsoft buys the technology and makes it part of winWord so it
> Rich> sings to you as you type.
>
> Or makes it part of the "Can We Help You?" tech support GUI to read
> you random parts of the manual while you wait on hold for the real
> person to read you random parts of the manual.
>
> In other news, Microsoft employees finally pass the Turing Test!
>
For a definition of the Turing Test wherein the baseline human is dumbed
down so far that a real person response approximates a phone tree menu.

Knowing MS, it's possible: just another routine redefinition of a commonly
accepted standard to fit their needs.

Geoff





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