Rob Farley

Rob Rob Farley has been consulting in IT since completing a Computer Science degree with first class honours in 1997. Before moving to Adelaide, he worked in consultancies in Melbourne and London. He runs the development department in one of Australia's leading IT firms, as well as doing database application consultancy and training. He heads up the Adelaide SQL Server User Group, and holds several Microsoft certifications.

Rob has been involved with Microsoft technologies for most of his career, but has also done significant work with Oracle and Unix systems. His preferred database is SQL Server and his preferred language is C#. Recently he has been involved with Microsoft Learning in the US, creating and reviewing new content for the next generation of Microsoft exams.

Over the years, Rob's clients have included BP Oil, OneLink Transit, Accenture, Avanade, Australian Electorial Commission, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Royal Borough of Kingston, Help The Aged, Unisys, Department of Treasury and Finance (Vic), National Mutual, the Bible Society and others.

Did you mean to come here? My blog is now at http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley



23 November 2005

Encarta conversations

I came across this on Clarke Scott's blog. Seems it's a MSN Messenger bot. Ask it to solve an equation, or some piece of trivia, and it can be handy. But also, a friend of mine suggested I try:

Rob Farley says:
I'm sleepy
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Would you like me to call you Sleepy?
Rob Farley says:
No
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
K, no prob.

And then I asked it a few questions of my own:

Rob Farley says:
How are you?
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Welcome back, Rob Farley.
I'm doing great, how are you?
Rob Farley says:
Yeah, not so bad thanks.
Encarta® Instant Answers says:
Not so bad? Fantastic.

And:

Rob Farley says:
Do you know who I am?
[U] Encarta® Instant Answers says:
You are Rob Farley.
Rob Farley says:
Who is Rob Farley?
[U] Encarta® Instant Answers says:
I don't think I know Rob Farley. Let's try an Encarta search. =>

So I guess it does worse than Robotman on the Turing Test.

Posted by Rob Farley at 3:44 pm