Blog #9 Turing Test

I think that the questions on the other blogs were a mix of good and bad. Some people's questions really showed that they understood the Turing Test, while others I think didn't get it at all.

Blog #8 The Turin Test

1.       What is?

2.       What is the product of 4 and 4?

If the computer could answer both questions correctly, it would pass the first Turing test and fail the second Turing test.

It’s more difficult to create questions to pass the test because you have to think of something that only a human could answer.

Blog #6

I've been listening to several presentations about web 2.0 tools and I'd like to compare and contrast some of them.

1) Social Bookmarking
   a) Stumble Upon--lets users discover new content and share sites. Pros: find new websites. Cons: sometimes results are undesirable.
   b) Digg--keeps track of web news. Pros: interesting design. Cons: may be too formal for everyday user, doesn't rank.
2) List Making
   a) Listamatic--makes lists. Pros: many options, user-friendly. Cons: bad idea from the start.
   b) Google Places--rates and share places. Pros: integration of other google apps. Cons: none.
3) Word Cloud
   a) TagCrowd--shows the user and others how much the user uses certain words. Pros: you can put pictures behind the word cloud. Cons: can't make a link or RSS feed in there.
   b) ToCloud--makes a cloud out of words. Pros: has links, aesthetically pleasing. Cons: message can be confusing.

Web 2.0 Applications--Remember The Milk

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/home/dan.albright/#section.tasks

Remember the Milk is a list making site. It categorizes your tasks by subject, such as personal, study, work, etc. You can actually see what things you have to do when. You can sort your to do list by when they are do or look at them in a calendar. When you complete a task, you press the complete button. If you want to postpone it, just press the postpone button. When creating a task, you can also add a location or tag.

This tool can be really helpful for someone who has a lot of things to do. However, these things must be very simple because a list of technical details isn't helpful. If you're not very busy, then this product probably isn't for you.