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Ayelar
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This is really cool.

I'm pretty impressed. [Eek!]

[ September 22, 2003, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: Ayelar ]

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Caleb Varns
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What you were thinking of is not in my knowledgebase.

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a rubber glove, jelly, a caterpillar, laundry detergent, fabric softener, a lizard, belly button lint, a worm, dryer lint, lubricant, soil, gunpowder.

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twinky
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I won. [Smile]
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Caleb Varns
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Yeah, but can you guess what I was thinking about?
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I won with chewing gum.
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Noemon
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I won all three times I played it. The things I was thinking of were: a breadbox, krill, and a planet. I wasn't surprised that the first two threw it for a loop, but I thought that it would get that last one.
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TomDavidson
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I won with a coupon book. [Smile]
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BannaOj
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I won with picture frame.

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TomDavidson
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Apparently the reason it took so long for it to guess "a galaxy" is that most people have said you can't use a galaxy in the dark.
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Caleb Varns
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You were thinking of a fingernail.
Would you find it in an office? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Do you hold it when you use it? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it go inside other things? You said Yes, I say No.
Is it shiny? You said No, I say Yes.
Is it made in many different styles? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it go in your mouth? You said Probably, I say No.

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Farmgirl
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I won with catalpa tree
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twinky
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I won with a guitar. It guessed a few other instruments (upright bass, for instance), but never guitar.
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It eventually got both of mine, but not within 20 questions.
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I won with 3-hole punch and star fruit, though it eventually guessed star fruit.
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It guessed scissors on guess 20 (but thinks they are flat.)

It missed on my Chow-Chow at home, but got it eventurally.

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Jexxster
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[Eek!]

It got potassium in 28 guesses. I thought I was safe with that one. It guessed magnesium first, then cotton (?), then sodium, then potassium.

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>_O ..... Dangit... I know there was another thread about this, but I can't find it...

Edit: Aha, found it... And it looks like I killed it, too...

[ September 22, 2003, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]

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sndrake
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I completely stumped it with "lawyer" - it doesn't seem to have either that term or "attorney" in its database.

It has surgeons and Sumo wrestlers, though.

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