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If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands.
Just add chattogoogle@hotmail.com to your MSN Messenger contact list, and you can chat to Google. From the site:
The idea behind Chat to Google is to add a chat interface to the knowledge contained in the Google search engine database. In theory, Google knows everything there is to know about any subject that has ever had something written about it on a website. That is a hell of a lot of knowledge. If you talk about something that the program doesn't know about then it simply searches for it on the web using Google and replies in a knowledgable fashion.
The thinking is that Google's page ranking system for yielding the most relevant results for a query make it a perfect filter for almost everything you could ask about. If you ask how Chat to Google feels, it will return a statement based on the most popular feelings in the internet right now. If everyone with a webpage said they were feeling ill, then Chat to Google would also claim to feel ill.
I'm waiting for the system to get online myself so I can try it out. It probably got pretty well pummeled by its mention on b3ta, but hopefully it won't die.
Pieter said on 07/18/03 @ 01:46 AM: Funny... testing testing
Sarah said on 08/04/03 @ 05:17 PM: well that was rather interesting I must say...
FECKIN EJITS said on 08/15/03 @ 07:31 AM: This CHAT TO MOTHER FECKIN GOOGLE IS NEVER ON LINE BIYATCH
Robin Butler said on 08/15/03 @ 07:35 AM: I love kissing ASS
lila said on 09/20/03 @ 10:48 AM: hope its a better chatline than i have visited in the past
sami said on 10/15/03 @ 12:34 AM: i fink it is stupid that they av stopped all the chat rooms and now i cant chat to ma mates. it is absloutly discusting
nisha2004 said on 12/12/03 @ 08:55 AM: what is yall talking about on here nothin
rafa said on 04/06/04 @ 07:54 AM: esto es una prueba
Erica said on 06/12/04 @ 08:40 PM: hey anyone from bend oregon e-mail me at bugirl97701@mail.com
Erica said on 06/12/04 @ 08:40 PM: or just give me your e-mail address right now
Paula in LA said on 12/21/04 @ 02:25 PM: Hi Bendites,
It's about 80 degrees here in LA today. Traffic is expected to be thick this morning developing into lines to get in line to go 5 miles an hour by Noon. Housing prices are expected to rise another $100,000 by day's end.
So what is Bend like? It is an "everybody-knows-everybody" town? Do people leave their doors unlocked? Is housing expensive? How many NFL teams does it have?
josh said on 07/06/08 @ 01:38 AM: heya bend oregon anyone?
josh said on 07/06/08 @ 01:38 AM: hah NFL teams i wish