Didn't want to hijack the daylight saving(s) time thread....
A few weeks back, I asked Siri when DST started. SHe told me April 1. Well, last week at church, there was a video about the time change. Odd, I thought, but nothing like being prepared. Then this past week, I saw something on a news site about DST.
Google: "daylight saving time" - today. Google: daylight saving time united states" - today.
Siri - "daylight saving time" - April 1. Siri - "daylight saving time united states" - April 1.
Well, turns out I had my language set to "English (Australian), female". When I switched it back to "English (United States), Australian accent", Siri gave me the correct info. But still, NO EXCUSE for the query "daylight saving time United States".
Presumably, my phone would have changed based on time zone. But still.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it)
March 11, 2018, 04:27 PM
Graniteguy
Maybe she was just joking? Thus, the April 1 reference.
March 11, 2018, 04:35 PM
IntrepidTraveler
Well, there is that. Then apparently Google doesn't have a sense of humor.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it)
March 12, 2018, 11:11 AM
Expert308
Well, DST is pretty much a joke anyway, so...
As to Siri being stupid, she certainly seems to have a problem with a Scottish accent (NSFW):
March 12, 2018, 11:29 AM
berto
I too set Siri to Australian female.
March 12, 2018, 01:47 PM
Rey HRH
quote:
Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler: Well, turns out I had my language set to "English (Australian), female". When I switched it back to "English (United States), Australian accent", Siri gave me the correct info. But still, NO EXCUSE for the query "daylight saving time United States".
Presumably, my phone would have changed based on time zone. But still.
I'm betting you didn't say 'daylight saving time United States." You simply asked when does daylight time start.
But I am perplexed like you that by selecting "English (Australian), female" that it made Siri think you were actually in Australia or want everything from an Australian perspective. I suppose you have to be careful what you asked for.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
March 12, 2018, 02:31 PM
matthew03
You can get a Hal 9000 version now. Of course it won't open the bay doors when you ask and it will probably kill most of your family.
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry
"Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it)
March 18, 2018, 01:09 AM
sjtill
quote:
I too set Siri to Australian female.
I can't believe someone else has done that!! We had some Aussie friends visit and I set the Siri voice to Sheila for fun. Liked it and left it that way. BTW now I can tell if I have Google or Apple maps on, Apple Maps is the Sheila...
_________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne
