Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Jeeves gone? Who gives a rats ass?
God it seems like all the news (geek news) web sites are talking about the killing of Jeeves from ask.com. Well I remember when Jeeves first appeared. It was really just a search engine that was supposed to let you use natural language. “how can i get a sugar momma?” Turns out the technology wasn't all that good at figuring out what people wanted so they ditched the idea and just became a regular search engine…. but Jeeves lived on. So here we are 7 -8 years later and ask.com is just a shitty ripoff of google and for some reason people care about them ditching Jeeves? I don't think so, thats like me caring about K-Mart changing their logo.
1 comments:
I liked the fact that Jeeves was there, it got kids interested in asking things and it gave the site a personality. Now it's like Ask.com is trying to be like google. The nice thing about askjeeves.com was that it *wasn't* like google, that it was something entirely different.
Also, not many people know, but Jeeves originated from the books written by P.G.Wodehouse in the 1920's, and are still well-loved today. As a Wodehouse fan, I was very disappointed to see the lovable butler go.
Here's a funny quote from one of Wodehouse's books, said by Bertie Wooster, who is Jeeves's employer:
"'It beats me why a man of his genius is satisfied to hang around pressing my clothes and what not,' says Bertie. 'If I had Jeeves's brain, I should have a stab at being Prime Minister or something.'"
If you haven't read the books, I highly recommend it. If you're not into reading, watch the series. (Bertie is played by House!)
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