Michael Leone on 8 Feb 2008 10:19:58 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Ms. Dewey


On 2/8/08, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 February 2008 16:00:47 Michael Leone wrote:
> > > > The Ms. Dewey Search Engine
> > > >
> > > > http://www.msdewey.com/
> > >
> > > Good lord.  The same folks who brought us Microsoft Bob and Clippy are
> > > now trying their hands at being a search engine?
> >
> > Sort of - this Ms. Dewey is the interface to the search engine. It
> > does make it more memorable than the simple Google interface (gimme
> > Google anyday).
>
> whoa... Microsoft Bob for the 21st Century
>
> MS Bob = white guy with pipe and dog = 20th century
>
> MS Dewey = racially ambivalent female; white? sort of.  Black? kind of.
> Hispanc? maybe.  South Asian? could be. = very 21st century

The actress is part Indian, part Dutch, but she is American. According
to the web page at Wikipedia. If you really wanna see something, check
out her webpage ..

<http://www.janinagavankar.com/main/>
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