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this is the funniest example of flawed technology from elgoog that i have seen in ages - courtesy of the feedback column in new scientist (from the bit on “teenage terror todo list“) …according to this wrap-up, young doran amos was tinkering with an offering from elGoog labs called the experimental ’sets’ program and discovered a nasty set of word associations…

…how’s it supposed to work? you (ideally) type in some words or phrases, and elGoog scours its databases to look for relevant ‘next’ or ‘other’ terms that belong in the grouping…and why is this soooo funny? well, doran typed in “mow lawn, do laundry, buy groceries” and elGoog added to the list, “clean gutters, do homework, trim trees, mail anthrax, pick up dry cleaning” (read that again - “mail anthrax“) - what the shit? who designed this labs project again? you can reproduce those same results for yourself by typing those precise three terms into the sets program…

so at any rate, new scientist tossed in their own terms and found equally puzzling outcomes….for example, they ask how “kyoto” and “bush” go with “nirvana” (and “radiohead“)…

…it is moronic! hah! i did my own simple set, typed in “who, what, when” and got the additional “where, why, how” and then when i clicked, “grow set” and scrolled down i saw new interrogative associations like, “degassing storage” (this is the best thing from elgoog ev-ah!!!) - “governor, senator, president” yielded a set with “kindergarten teacher” (ouch) …hey, enjoy it, and please let me know if you find some great sets….oh yeah, and because i’m so immature, i naturally spent additional time growing sets from groupings like, “dick, tit, ass” (awesome set from that one!) - and “hooker, pimp, stripper, hustler” (that set yield included “demimondaine” - like anna nicole for example…uh…maybe…)

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