Bing and Google search review

I noticed Microsoft were advertising Bing, saying it gave specific answers. I thought I would do an informal search engine comparison

Here is my first real-life test. I am trying on skins with a friend and notice that the eyebrows look huge. I want to say "That skin has Breshnev eyebrows", but can't remember the name. Using the search term "Russian General with huge eyebrows" gives no sensible results on Bing or Google although I do get a lot of raised eyebrows. So I try for "Russian Generals" and both show lists but no mention of shaggy eyebrows. Switching to images and Google shows Breshnev in the 11th picture. Bing may have it on the first page, but the page is infinitely long and its a long way down, which is cheating. Bing made wrong assumptions about what I was looking for such as Roman Generals or Russian Leaders but it didn't spot that I was looking for eyebrows. Plus that reference to Roman Generals is way off the mark since Romans were big on being clean shaven.

Second test. I knew Romans were clean shaven, but wanted to check it. Searching for "ancient romans shaved" Google got it second answer and several answers below that. Bing was a very naughty search engine, decided that since the ancient Egyptians shaved off all facial hair including eyebrows that it would ignore the first word of my query,"Roman" and that "shaved" was the key word and tell me about Egyptian shaving practices. Hey, if I had wanted 'shaved' it would be the first word, but I put 'Roman' so pay attention Bing!

Google just answers what you asked, making no interpretation. Bing is like an over clever friend who upon being asked what the weather is tells you about pressure differences between land and sea, how clouds are formed, types of precipitation, etc. Bing assumes what you want to know and can make the wrong assumptions.

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End tavern and Tanglia Romantics

Monday 27
2pm PDT : **No Event**

Tuesday 28
2pm PDT : Pyjama Party - Under The Covers With DJ Noma

Wednesday 29
2pm PDT : Neko Event With DJ Stephanya

Thursday 30
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 31
2pm PDT : Rock Star Wannabe's With DJ Talia
5pm PDT : 'Pyjama Party' at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 1
2pm PDT : "On A Wing And A Prayer (anything related to flying) With DJ Pristeen

Sunday 2
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics With DJ Etoile


For more information contact Pristeen Barbosa or Lexa Sands.

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and Tanglia Romantics

Monday 13
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Lingerie

Tuesday 14
5am PDT : Best In Lingerie
2pm PDT : Best In Latex

Wednesday 15
5am PDT : Best In Latex
2pm PDT : Doing Time (prisoners, guards, & folks who should be locked up)

Thursday 16
5am PDT : Doing Time
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 17
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Nice 'N' Sleazy
5pm PDT : 'Angel, Light & Dark' at Tanglie Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 18
5am PDT : Nice 'N' Sleazy
2pm PDT : The Four Elements

Sunday 19
5am PDT : The Four Elements
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

Events - Relay For Life starting Saturday July 18th.

Below is the Schedule for the Relay For Life Theme Laps.

Saturday, July 18, 2009 (All times are SLT)

• Noon - Opening Ceremonies
• 1pm - Survivor / Caregiver Lap (pre-registration required)
• 2pm - Team Spirit Lap - Team Shirts & Banners
• 3pm - One World - International Outfits Lap
• 4pm - One Hope - Rainbow Lap - The Hope of a New Day.. The Promise of Calm after the Storm. Wear all the Colors of the Rainbow and Celebrate One Hope
• 5pm - Power Hour Lap - 60's outfits
• 6pm - Tackle It - football, rugby or any sports clothing. Let's tackle cancer together - united we can beat this.
• 7pm - Western Theme Lap
• 8pm - Bald Is Beautiful Lap
• 9pm - Luminaria Ceremony (only for Luminaria participants)
• 10pm - Magic Lap - Wizzards, Magicians, Fairies - Make A Wish and Day we will beat cancer.
• 11pm - Tacky Tourist Lap

Sunday, July 19, 2009

• 12pm - Midnight Masquerade
• 1am - Health Matters - Maybe you are a banana, or an organge, or a carrot. Live A healthy life - we can all make a small change that improves our life.
• 2am - Crazy Shoes Lap
• 3am - Meet A New Friend Lap
• 4am - Silly Hats Lap
• 5am - Tinies, Furies, Tails & Wings
• 6am -Fight Back Ceremony
• 7am - Caring & Curing Lap - Dr, Nurse, Scientist - Working together to beat cancer.
• 8am - Coffee Curlers, Slipers & PJ's
• 9am - Here Comes The Sun - Dress for a day at the beach. Always remember to protect yourself from the sun on land and sea even on a cloudy day
• 10am - Formal Wear Lap
• 11am - Closing Ceremonies (Teams Lap to follow)

Relay for Life 2009

Last year I was honoured to take part in Relay For Life 2008, fundraising for American Cancer Society. This is its' fifth year in Second Life and to date 220,000 USD has already been donated.
Last year Sara Carr and I built an entire sim, this year we have a smaller plot for our display of about an eighth of a sim.
The theme is "One World, One Hope" and our plot is based around research for cancer treatment and cures, the Hope part, and that many of those have been discovered in various exotic and mundane places within the World, the World part. We are trying to show various creatures and especially the environments in which they live and breed. Living organisms such as Sea Squirts, Primrose, Yew, and mud loving Bacteria, many of which have developed their own forms of cancer prevention.
On the right is part of the build as of today. To give you an idea of scale, you can probably see me above the Andes in South America; the moon surface is 60x60m and the earth at the back takes up another 60x60m, I am hovering above the moons horizon and only half way into the build.
More information about American Cancer Society

This Weeks Events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End and at Tanglia Romantics
Monday 6
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Not Much At All

Tuesday 7
5am PDT : Best In Not Much At All
2pm PDT : Pick Any Colour And Cover Yourself In It !

Wednesday 8
5am PDT : Pick Any Colour And Cover Yourself In It
2pm PDT : Mall Of The Dead (zombies & suchlike)

Thursday 9
5am PDT : Mall Of The Dead
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 10
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : I'm Such A Noob ! (your best/worst newbie look)
5pm PDT : 'Egyptian' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 11
5am PDT : I'm Such A Noob !
2pm PDT : Gothic Event

Sunday 12
5am PDT : Gothic Event
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile

Friday Night Music

Friday's fright night down at Worlds' End, so whether you're a character from a horror or slasher movie, some sort of crazy psycho, or a walking nightmare of your creation, we want to see you at your scariest.
My scary set for the event:-

• Muse - Apocalypse Please
• Venetian Snares - Ongyilkos Vasárnap
• Tom Waits - Dead And Lovely
• Muse - Hysteria
• Muse - Plug in Baby
• Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Supernaturally
• Cristina - Is That All There Is?
• Kosheen - Catch
• Kosheen - Hide U - John Creamer & Stephane Kremix edit
• Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
• Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
• King Swamp - Louisanna Bridge
• Sugababes - Freak Like Me
• The Stranglers - Something Better Change
• The Kills - U.R.A. Fever
• Alice Cooper/Rob Zombie - Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
• Kosheen - Hungry
• Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
• Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
• Zombie Zombie - Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free
• LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
• LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version)
• Syntax - Pray
• Syntax - Little Love
• 808 State - Lopez (Direct Neural Mix By The Propellerheads)
• Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
• Grinderman - Love Bomb
• Tool - Schism

This weeks events

Schedule for events at the Worlds' End Tavern and Tanglia Romantics
Monday 29
5am PDT : Formal Wear at the Worlds' End Tavern
2pm PDT : Best In Lingerie

Tuesday 30
5am PDT : Best In Lingerie
2pm PDT : Best Furry

Wednesday 1
5am PDT : Best Furry
2pm PDT : Angels & Demons

Thursday 2
5am PDT : Angels & Demons
2pm PDT : The Thursday Session With DJ Amilyn

Friday 3
5am PDT : ** No Event **
2pm PDT : Nightmare On WET Street (psychos, slashers & naughty people)
5pm PDT : 'Summer Romance' at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Kwaidan

Saturday 4
5am PDT : Nightmare On WET Street
2pm PDT : Egyptian Event

Sunday 5
5am PDT : Egyptian Event
2pm PDT : Formal Wear at Tanglia Romantics with DJ Etoile