Bing, why you so silly?

This morning, Bing began returning some odd search results. So, I then tried searching for some things for which I had some expectations for results.



How about HP Quality Center? Bing certainly has something about Quality Center. In fact, it was my looking for licensing information that started my questioning of Bing's results. Not what I expected.





So, I continued my testing with "testing". Certainly Bing can direct me to some web pages about testing.

Kiwi mold removal.

Bigfoot.

American Society for Nondestructive Testing.

Obama.

Moolya Software Testing!

While I'm sure my friends at Moolya would be pleased to be on the first page of search results for "testing", something doesn't seem right with these results.





Perhaps I need to be more specific about what kind of testing I seek. After all, testing is a very broad topic.

I try to narrow it down with "agile testing".

Hmm... Perhaps the folks at Microsoft aren't familiar with agile testing.

And, I'm certainly not interested in going to Alaska for some agile uterus or prostate testing.





Now, what's something else for which I've previously seen results? Oh, yeah; the Lewis and Clark expedition. Perhaps Bing can help me explore the web for information about these explorers.

Hmm... Not what I expected. And, I don't think I can find them on MyLife.





Given that Bing doesn't seem to know much about testing or exploration, I wonder if they know anything about their founders. So, I search for "microsoft founder".  Bing says "No results found for microsoft founder."  However, in spite of having no results, it does see fit to tell me that Bill Gates and Paul Allen are the founders of Microsoft.

I expected a few more links when asking Bing about its founders.





So, if Bing has so little information about its founders, I wonder what it knows about me.

It seems to have found my Facebook profile; and apparently, I am on sale at Yahoo! Shopping: "Amazing Deals on Ben Simo".





So, what might Bing know about? Let's try something a bit less intellectual.

Sorry, "No results found for fart."

Perhaps, I should try some related searches. Bing suggests "Loud Farts", or "Listen to Farts", or "Do Lizards Fart". I always wanted to know if lizards fart, but I think I'll first click the link to see Regis Philbin fart. That's the high quality web content I seek when I use Bing.





These results are making me think I must be the victim of a cruel joke.

So, while I'm thinking of jokes and farts, I put them together.

Again, Bing disappoints. It has no results for fart jokes. Instead, Bing trys to show me fat jokes. It doesn't even have any of those; unless the Raspberry Ketone Diet is a fat joke.

Every darn time...

Perhaps I'm just weird, but I am of the opinion that a failed database connection should not cause Excel to crash and lose my data.

Don't delete the first

If you have multiple phone number or IM accounts in your Monster.com profile, you may delete old/unwanted items; but you may not delete the first.



BTW, I'm looking for new work.

Deleting Toy Story 2

You don't know if your data is really backed up if you don't try to restore it. Test your backups.

 

Sorry, no jobs for you

CareerBuilder.com sends me periodic emails listing jobs that its recommendation engine determines to be a match to information in my resume.



When I click the "See All Jobs" link at the top right of the list in the email, the CareerBuilder site opens in my browser. However, it says "You have no matches." and "Sorry, we couldn't find any jobs to recommend at this time. Please try again later."

Every time. Every email links me nothing.




While the presence of a software bug doesn't tell us whether or not the software's maker is aware of the problem, perhaps CareerBuilder.com could use some help in testing their site. Perhaps they could make use of my services. I am available.

Insufficient Funds

A friend received the following insufficient funds notice from her bank. Is there a problem here?

The bank returned her rent check due to insufficient funds when there was sufficient money in the account to cover the check. The notice from the bank also indicates that there were sufficient funds in the account.

If bank software can't do simple math, we're in big trouble.