Comments on: Twenty Questions, Ten Million Synapses http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:48:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: someone http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-4260 someone Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:55:57 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-4260 i own the cell phone version of 2008. it is a nice game and sometimes it surprises by giving the right, or a very close answer (e.g. when i thought of "sword" it said "katana") but it could not guess "cola", though it said "soft drink" and "mineral water" which is both very close. maybe the word cola just wasn't installed in the mobile phone version or maybe i answered a question false, i don't know. but still the game rocks. next i will try if it knows the word "20q" ^^ i own the cell phone version of 2008. it is a nice game and sometimes it surprises by giving the right, or a very close answer (e.g. when i thought of “sword” it said “katana”) but it could not guess “cola”, though it said “soft drink” and “mineral water” which is both very close. maybe the word cola just wasn’t installed in the mobile phone version or maybe i answered a question false, i don’t know. but still the game rocks. next i will try if it knows the word “20q” ^^

]]> By: Masha http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-3048 Masha Fri, 29 May 2009 22:27:42 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-3048 I found the toy at my college's Free Pile, and wasn't impressed until it started guessing things like "Uranium" and "Lava Lamp" on the first attempt. I was very curious about how such a large database and the program to access it could have been placed on a relatively small chip. What a delight to have found this article, which answered quite a lot of my questions! I found the toy at my college’s Free Pile, and wasn’t impressed until it started guessing things like “Uranium” and “Lava Lamp” on the first attempt. I was very curious about how such a large database and the program to access it could have been placed on a relatively small chip.

What a delight to have found this article, which answered quite a lot of my questions!

]]> By: playboy chic http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 playboy chic Sat, 24 May 2008 08:05:13 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-1781 Can't this machine guess other stuff, like umm Sperms, Penis or vagina?? Can’t this machine guess other stuff, like umm Sperms, Penis or vagina??

]]> By: boby lincon http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 boby lincon Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:06:12 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-1410 i l o v e the ieda of wind powered cities i l o v e the ieda of wind powered cities

]]> By: mushy http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 mushy Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:21:04 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-1053 20Q is really awesome! i cant belive that it gets practiocally everything! 20Q is really awesome! i cant belive that it gets practiocally everything!

]]> By: skye http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 skye Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:18:04 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-1052 this is cool this is cool

]]> By: Aunt Luz http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Aunt Luz Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:03:31 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-81 (DUH!) Hi Karen! Great to know how this 20Q works! I particularly thought that the medical-response/triage application was a amazingly great idea! So many times (having worked for doctors many years) one has a hard timegetting peope to explain exactly what ails them in a concise wasy, especially either very young patients or very old patients. This would really be a great assistant in that process, particularly now that there is often a long wait for treatment ad a form-filling-out process that often does NOT ask the correct or more specific questions! Love, Aunt Luz (DUH!)
Hi Karen! Great to know how this 20Q works! I particularly thought that the medical-response/triage application was a amazingly great idea! So many times (having worked for doctors many years) one has a hard timegetting peope to explain exactly what ails them in a concise wasy, especially either very young patients or very old patients. This would really be a great assistant in that process, particularly now that there is often a long wait for treatment ad a form-filling-out process that often does NOT ask the correct or more specific questions! Love, Aunt Luz

]]> By: Ma http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/28/tech-schrock-20q/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Ma Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:35:37 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/27/tech-karen-20q/#comment-78 Great article! I am glad to somewhat understand this little yoyo looking toy... mom Great article! I am glad to somewhat understand this little yoyo looking toy…
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