To all the librarians in the crowd...

[kickaha]

And I know of at least a couple that read this from time to time...

Exactly how offended *are* you by Microsoft's new search engine, Ms. Dewey? (MS Dewey, get it? ahahahaha. sigh.)

I really can't imagine a worse or more annoying interface for searching. Well, except for Bob. Or Clippy.

I wonder if she gives a demo if I search for 'lap dance'?


Warning to Mac users: "Coincidentally" this site has caused Safari to crash twice out of three visits today, when I haven't had it crash in... months. Hmm.

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[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Well, crap. I also totally forgot that "sitting at M.'s computer" means "LJ thinks I'm M." Obviously I should have gone to bed first.

I totally missed that that was a Microsoft site. Likely a technology demo, to get some buzz going for MS Live.

When I typed in "lap dance", she said, "Well, maybe just this once" and unbuttoned her blouse. No lie.

Of course, they jerked the picture around and masked out the interesting parts with a "video buffering" icon, so I didn't get to see anything.

"hooters" got a response of, "Boorring!", which was pretty funny.

Welcome to the Web, 2.0. "How do you want us to chew up your bandwidth today?"

And then I went to bed.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

"Look! It's a serious tool! We *swear*!"

Oy.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I've been saying for years that it's too damn easy for people to get onto the Internet. Both "content" providers and consumers.

Ah, for the days when the technical hurdles provided a filter...

And yeah, I know that that attitude is inconsistent with how M. and I have made our livings.