November 01, 2005

Computers: Still Dumb

According to the weather plug-in on my Dashboard (powered by AccuWeather), the high for today is 74, the low is 45, and the current temperature is 38.

Posted by Matt Weiner at November 1, 2005 07:12 AM
Comments

Dashboard rules, though same cannot be said of all of its widgets.

Posted by: Julie at November 2, 2005 04:08 PM

I don't use it for anything but the temperature/forecast. Though if I had used the calendar I could've avoided the recent incident where I marked an assignment as due Thurs. Nov. 9. Hm. File under "Weiner: Still Dumb." What do you use it for?

Posted by: Matt Weiner at November 2, 2005 04:13 PM

Calculator, IM (Adium) status, package tracking, reading comics (WIMIC - recent discovery), Google Maps, Wikipedia, IMDB, unit conversion...

(Hi, by the way - haven't seen you since the '98 reunion.)

Posted by: Julie at November 2, 2005 04:20 PM

The predicted high was 74, the predicted low 45, and the actual temperature 38. What's the problem?

Posted by: ben wolfson at November 5, 2005 01:08 PM

Should they not retract the prediction once it's been falsified?

Posted by: Matt Weiner at November 5, 2005 04:15 PM

Clearly not. There's the historical record to consider, among other things.

Posted by: ben wolfson at November 5, 2005 09:22 PM