Comments on: Microsoft Bing Bungled? http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: More Bing | SQLRockstar http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-821 More Bing | SQLRockstar Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:32:15 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-821 [...] finding me, other than to think the Universe is really trying to tell me something. A while back I wrote about how I found out that the word ‘bing’ means ‘disease’ in Chinese. As with [...] [...] finding me, other than to think the Universe is really trying to tell me something. A while back I wrote about how I found out that the word ‘bing’ means ‘disease’ in Chinese. As with [...]

]]> By: faryl http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-820 faryl Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:55:20 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-820 Awesome! That's even better than what I initially thought when I saw the picture of your fortune: that Microsoft was using fortune cookies for advertising these days! (Thanks for the linkage, btw - it gave me an excuse to spend some time on your blog - good stuff!) Awesome! That’s even better than what I initially thought when I saw the picture of your fortune: that Microsoft was using fortune cookies for advertising these days!

(Thanks for the linkage, btw – it gave me an excuse to spend some time on your blog – good stuff!)

]]> By: Dandy Taylor http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Dandy Taylor Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:03:43 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-819 Yeah, bing in Chinese can mean a few different things depending on the tone that you give it. That's what the little mark above the i indicates. It can also mean cold, and a flat bread item. Funny that I can speak Chinese and never noticed the correlation between the Chinese words and Microsoft's refactoring of search functionality. For some reason, I don't think it's going to be the Chinese correlation that is going to limit the success of Bing, unless Google is a word in Chinese... Yeah, bing in Chinese can mean a few different things depending on the tone that you give it. That’s what the little mark above the i indicates. It can also mean cold, and a flat bread item. Funny that I can speak Chinese and never noticed the correlation between the Chinese words and Microsoft’s refactoring of search functionality. For some reason, I don’t think it’s going to be the Chinese correlation that is going to limit the success of Bing, unless Google is a word in Chinese…

]]> By: Jordan Ogren http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Jordan Ogren Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:24:54 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-818 It's also apparently a Chinese flat-bread. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_%28Chinese_flatbread%29 It’s also apparently a Chinese flat-bread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_%28Chinese_flatbread%29

]]> By: SDC http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-817 SDC Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:04:24 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-817 Also: Bing Crosby: not always a model Dad/Husband. Also: Bing Crosby: not always a model Dad/Husband.

]]> By: Vaibhav http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Vaibhav Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:49:23 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-816 Huh, my smileys keep getting posted in the wrong place.... Huh, my smileys keep getting posted in the wrong place….

]]> By: Vaibhav http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Vaibhav Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:49:01 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-815 Oh by the way, you found out about the meaning of Bing in the most oblique way possible... since there was a lot of uproar about it when the engine came out :) Oh by the way, you found out about the meaning of Bing in the most oblique way possible… since there was a lot of uproar about it when the engine came out :)

]]> By: Vaibhav http://thomaslarock.com/2009/07/microsoft-bing-bungled/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Vaibhav Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:48:07 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2419#comment-814 Actually, apparently the word in Bing can mean a lot of things depending on how you say it and which context it is in. I don't remember the article, but Microsoft's explanation of Bing was totally different, and the name was apparently chosen by a Chinese on the team - do some digging, and you will find it, I think :) Actually, apparently the word in Bing can mean a lot of things depending on how you say it and which context it is in.

I don’t remember the article, but Microsoft’s explanation of Bing was totally different, and the name was apparently chosen by a Chinese on the team – do some digging, and you will find it, I think :)

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