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Just a hunch

Man with Lantern — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:28:35 -0800

Hunch picks up "where a search engine leaves off," according to cofounder Caterina Fake, who previously cofounded the photo-sharing site Flickr and later worked on Yahoo Answers. Fake points out that a normal search engine would provide a user interested in buying a digital camera with links to hundreds of sites that review and compare the latest models. The user then has to sort through that information and figure out which camera is right for her. Instead, Hunch asks users pointed questions and narrows down the list of results for the user.

Go ahead: diagnose yourself! Are you an Aspie?

grumblebee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:38:26 -0800

Do you have Asperger's Syndrome? Answer these questions and find out. I'm skeptical about this, but I find it fascinating. For years, I've suspected I'm an Aspie, and, as it turns out, I answered the questions exactly the way the researchers predict an Aspie would answer them. My "normal" wife answers them they way "normal" people do. I am almost incapable of understanding the "normal" answer. To me, the Aspie answer is obviously correct. Here is a great discussion about the research. Here is the original research paper (MS Word file). Sorry for basically just reposting a boingboing article, but I thought many MeFites would find this interesting.

Fifty People, One Question

Happy Dave — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:04:57 -0800

New Orleans filmmaker Benjamin Reece asks fifty New Orlean's residents a single question: "If you could wish for one thing to happen by the end of the day, what would it be?".

Doxory

chrismear — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:15:22 -0800

Doxory. Often in life we are faced with a choice of 2.0 possible courses of action. Should I do X or Y? Now you can harness the wisdom of the web crowds to resolve those painful dilemmas for you!

Thoughtcrime

grrarrgh00 — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:20:31 -0800

Edge 2006: What is your dangerous idea?

Isn't Mario passe yet?

fenriq — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:01:06 -0800

Make Your Own Totally Sweet Mario Question Blocks
Because its Really Awesome
We could all use a Pow erUp from time to time. And PosterChild (warning link to website that time forgot) would like to show you how to make your own. Top site briefly mention in this thread. And one among many Mario fansites.

Michael Badnarik on Slashdot

bitpart — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:49:02 -0800

Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik answers Slashdot's questions.

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

bitpart — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 16:20:56 -0800

Google Answers: Managing a wayward nun

Edge.org Annual Questionathon

Fupped Duck — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 07:17:36 -0800

edge.org publishes its annual question posed to its members. edge.org is an online sort of a digital roundtable for really smart & famous types; a flameless metafilter for the intellectually arrived.
Once each year, a global question is posed to its noteworthy members. This year's ?? is: Suppose GWB has appointed you National Science Advisor and then asks you "What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your advice on how I can begin to deal with them?" Their's a boatload of interesting, insightful, sometimes humorous pieces written by a bunch of people. F'rinstance: Kurzweil on cloned tissue spare parts, Clifford Pickover on quantum dots, but among the most insightful is Alan Alda (who knew?!)

aladfar — Fri, 02 Jun 2000 09:30:29 -0800

This redesign looked swell on my Mac, but the tables are all screwy when I look at it through Windows (at work). Explorer 5 ain't the same on both platforms. Argh!! Not a hard fix, but what do you do when your 'blog looks like ass and you can't fix it for a whole day!! I know it's uncool to link to oneself - I'm not just trying to generate pageviews. I'm genuinely pissed off about all these web standards problems!