Thursday #4
Want to have some timewasting fun at the expense of the Puffster and Con party? This website is the latest brainchild of Conservative party media. The idea is that you type in your name when prompted and Senator Mike Duffy will speak your name and invite you to see some dubious accomplishments. This story from NOW magazine explains the problem - Mike's interactive programme has trouble recognising non "white" names. Try it - punch in Enzo, Mohhommed or as I did Mandeep and Mike will not know who you are. Punch Jim, Ben, Peter and any other 'normal name and you get a personalised message.
3 comments:
I put in Michaëlle and the system jammed.
I tried Michaelle and it just continued without any name recognition.
This is not good for the Tories !
PS. Why does the Tory party take credit for for bank regulation in Canada?
Try "Mike" for a laugh.
Shades of Rocky Horror: the man with no neck makes bad. Or does he?
Perhaps the brain-children who designed Senator Mike's name recognition software also wrote the speech in which the PM introduces the quaint notion that women's rights are only a "left-wing fringe group" issue.
Antonia Zerbisias blogs about this in Broadsides in The Toronto Star.
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