http://www.chacha.com

This site can be a lot of fun. Check out the link of what clubsi did to these poor people.

http://forums.clubsi.com/ubbthreads.php ... =2&fpart=1

Huh, I asked her if there was any way I could convert figure skates into roller skates and she gave me an image search of ice skates and asked if they helped.

I asked for a whole bunch of links to pictures of rubber chickens. Here's one of the sites she sent me...

http://www.geocities.com/beezer542/3rbrchcn.htm

Pretty cool. Ultimately useless, but fun.

It's definitely not useless if you check out the clubsi link, that gave me half an hour of entertainment....

They are useful in some cases. I actually used their service to help me find some stuff relating to my research but that was only once.

i am a guide, and i usually try to accept all the prank ones i can...they make it worth it.

see, if I was one, then I would think the same thing.

These uptight guides can go suck an egg.



BTW, just how do you go about searching anyway? What do you do different that a regular person is so incapable of doing?

well the way they have it setup, the guides categorize searches that they do so that next time they can easilly retrieve the relevant information. its just a human touch on google's method pretty much.

i'm not gonna lie, i use google ALOT, but i find the exact little tidbit of information they're looking for and then highlight it so they dont have to sift through whatever page it is. some guides dont do that, but whatever.

essentially, we do the work for you, and some of us are actually pretty good at findin shit on the web anyways...so why not get paid for it?

do you get paid more for better ratings (assuming people think you did a good job)

I first thought ChaCha might just be a joke. But seems as far as searching goes it is hit-or-miss. Last night I was testing out some of the guides on a subject I had been doing some in-depth research for months on. Suprisingly I got one guide who was pretty knowledgeable with the idea of Linear Synchronous Motors and was helping me find some control methods as well as offering his own insight. I would have enjoyed talking with him more, but my computer crashed, and I couldn't seem to find him again.

How is the guide selection done? If I could find this guy again, it would be great.

how much do you get paid?

i heard it equivalates to ~5 bucks per hour.

Status: Connecting ...
Status: Looking for a guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: HollyS
HollyS: Welcome to ChaCha!
You: i'm looking for that song that goes
You: "duh na na na duh na na na"
You: i just heard it on the radio
You: but didn't hear the name
HollyS: Okay. I'll see if I can find it
HollyS: Do you remember any other lyrics?
You: actually i didn't hear any lyrics
You: that was just the gituar
HollyS: Well, that's going to be awfully hard to identify.
You: yah. google was no help
You: i was hoping that a person might know what i was talking about
You: that last "na" is a little longer
You: more like "naaa"
HollyS: Let me transfer you to another guide and maybe someone else has heard it before.
HollyS: Good luck!
Transfer: You are being transfered to another guide who can help you search even better!
Looking for guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: ChristinaJ
ChristinaJ: Welcome to ChaCha!
ChristinaJ: hello...how are you?
You: i'm loking for that song that goes
You: duh na na na duh na nana
You: i just heard it on the radio
You: but missed the name
ChristinaJ: ok, i will see what i can find for you...one min please
You: i don't think that that is it
You: all i heard was the gituar
ChristinaJ: it is the guitar that make s that sound?
You: yes
ChristinaJ: i am going to transfer you to another guide that may be able to help you better than i...
You: okay
Transfer: You are being transfered to another guide who can help you search even better!
Looking for guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: KayN
KayN: Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hi
KayN: Hello there!
You: i am looking for that song that goes
You: duh na na na duh na nana
KayN: Certainly. Please hang on a moment while I retrieve the results.
Transfer: You are being transfered to another guide who can help you search even better!
Looking for guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: KarenM
KarenM: Welcome to ChaCha!
You: why was i transferred?
KarenM: I don't know
You: well
KarenM: Let me see what I can find
You: i am looking for that song
You: that goes
You: duh na na na duh na nana
You: i just heard it on the radio
KarenM: Thanks for being patient! Rest assured I'm finding the most relevant results for your search.
You: its a really good song
You: i hope itunes has it
You: maybe if you hear it you'll download it too?
KarenM: Hmm...
KarenM: must be very new
You: all i heard was the gituar
KarenM: Can't find it
You: does that help?
KarenM: Not really
You: i think there might've been a male singer
You: but i couldn't quite tell because the storm caused a bunch of static
You: and then the song ended and i couldn't make out the name
KarenM: Ah, I'm fixing to get one too!
You: get one what?
KarenM: storm
You: ah. yeah, its been raining here all day
KarenM: Sorry...
You: hopefully it will turn into snow
You:
KarenM: I just can't find it
KarenM: Where are you?
You: the middle of nowhere
You: missouri
KarenM: Ah, OK, Texas here
You: my girlfriend is from texas
KarenM: cool
KarenM: So sorry I can't find it
You: do you have a girlfriend Karen ?
You: thats ok.
KarenM: husband
KarenM: Is there anything else on this topic I can find for you today?
You: how long have you been married?
You: nope.
You: i'm good
KarenM: 1 1/2 years
KarenM: Have a great evening!
You: don't go to tahiti.
You: with another man.
You: thats what my last girlfirend did
KarenM: lol, no problem here.
You: the police still havent found her.
KarenM: Have a good weekend!
You: you too
KarenM: Thanks
You: Thanks, I'm done.
Status: Session ended.