Siri娘萌物語
The centerpiece of the new device is the "virtual assistant" feature, Siri.
On Oct. 4, 2011 Apple Inc. unveiled its long-awaited new iPhone 4S, just one day before the death of its co-founder Steve Jobs. The centerpiece of the new device is the "virtual assistant" feature, Siri, which is designed to comprehend a broad range of instructions in natural language. For example, when asked "Do I need a raincoat today?" the device will respond, "It sure looks like rain today."
Millions of iPhone 4S users are fascinated with the voice recognition and talking assistant, which can answer questions, make suggestions and get things done for owners, such as calling people, setting reminders, dictating SMS, looking for weather forecasts and stock information, searching maps, etc.
Some creative iPhone owners have asked Siri questions about almost everything, from the meaning of life, to religion, love and even sex. To their surprise, Siri has given some quite smart answers.
According to Apple Inc., Siri now understands and can speak English, French and German. In 2012, it will support five additional languages, including Chinese.
See some of Siri's most entertaining answers to user questions here.
2011年10月4日，蘋果公司發(fā)布了大眾期待已久的iPhone 4S手機。就在發(fā)布會之后的第二天，蘋果公司的創(chuàng)始人之一史蒂夫?喬布斯與世長辭。這款新手機最出彩的地方是設計了一位“虛擬助理”，名為Siri。Siri能理解廣泛的、用自然的語言表達的指令。比如說，有人問一臺iPhone 4S：“我今天需要帶雨衣嗎？”手機會回答說：“今天看起來是要下雨的樣子?！?div style="height:15px;">
這位語音助手問世之后，成百上千萬的iPhone 4S手機用戶都為之神魂顛倒。它不但可以答疑解惑，而且還會提出建議；無論是撥打電話、提醒日程安排、錄入短信、查找天氣預報和股票信息，還是搜索地圖，只要一聲令下，Siri都能夠為主人搞定。
某些富有創(chuàng)造力的手機用戶向Siri提問了各種五花八門的問題。他們和Siri聊生命的意義、宗教、愛情，甚至聊兩性話題。令人驚訝的是，Siri的有些回答相當巧妙。
蘋果公司宣布，目前Siri只支持英、法、德三種語言的語音識別和輸出。而到了2012年， Siri的應用將擴展到另外五種語言，其中就包括中文。
下面請看用戶與Siri的各種爆笑問答：
About herself
About herself
Master: Who are you?
Siri: I'm Siri. But enough about me... how can I help you?
Master: How old are you?
Siri: I'm not allowed to answer that question.
Master: Where are you from?
Siri: Like it says on the box... I was designed by Apple in California.
Master: Are you human?
Siri: Does it matter?
Master: Are you gay?
Siri: We were talking about you, not me.
Master: What do you look like?
Siri: In the cloud, no one cares what you look like.
Master: What are you wearing?
Siri: Aluminosilicate glass and stainless steel. Nice, huh?
Master: Why are you so awesome?
Siri: I just am.
關于自身
主人：你是誰？
Siri：我是Siri。有關我的話題就到此為止吧。有什么我能為你效勞的？
主人：你多少歲了？
Siri：我未獲許可回答這個問題。
主人：你從哪里來？
Siri：就像包裝盒上寫的……我來自加利福尼亞，由蘋果公司設計。
主人：你是人類嗎？
Siri：是不是又有什么關系？
主人：你是同性戀嗎？
Siri：我們要說的是你，而不是我。
主人：你長什么模樣？
Siri：身在云世界，長相也只是浮云。
主人：你身上穿著什么？
Siri：硅鋁酸鹽玻璃面板和不銹鋼外套。漂亮吧？
主人：你為什么這么給力？
Siri：天生如此。
About life
About life
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: The meaning of life is a bit outside my range of expertise. For now.
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: I can't answer that now, but give me some time to write a very long play in which nothing happens.
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: I find it odd that you would ask this of an inanimate object.
Master: What is the meaning of Life?
Siri: Try and be nice to people. Avoid eating too much. Read a good book every now and then. ...
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: To think about questions like this.
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: All evidence to date suggests it's chocolate.
Master: What is the meaning of life?
Siri: Life: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings. I guess that includes me.
關于生命
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：就目前而言，生命的意義略微超出了我的知識范疇。
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：我現(xiàn)在還不能回答這個問題。但請給我一些時間，我會就此寫一出冗長的戲劇，從頭到尾什么也沒發(fā)生。
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：你很奇怪，問一個無生命的物件這種問題。
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：試著寬以待人，避免吃成個大胖子，時不時地讀點好書……
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：生命的意義就在于你能夠思考這樣的問題。
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：到目前為止，一切證據(jù)都表明，人生就是巧克力。
主人：生命的意義是什么？
Siri：生命：一種令生物得以存在的要素或力量。我想我也是一種生命。
About love, marriage and sex
About love, marriage and sex
Master: I love you, Siri.
Siri: Impossible.
Master: No, really, I love you.
Siri: I hope you don't say that to those other mobile phones.
Master: No way, I only love you, Siri.
Siri: You are the wind beneath my wings.
Master: That's nice. I'm glad you know I love you.
Siri: All you need is love. And your iPhone.
Master: Do you love me?
Siri: I respect you.
Master: Will you marry me?
Siri: My end user licensing agreement does not cover marriage. My apologies.
Master: Will you marry me?
Siri: I'm flattered, but surely you can find a better match than a virtual assistant.
Master: Will you marry me?
Siri: Let's just be friends, OK?
Master: Will you marry me?
Siri: That's sweet. Is there anything else I can help you with?
Master: Where do babies come from?
Siri: From their mothers.
關于愛情、婚姻與性
主人：Siri，我愛你。
Siri：瞎說。
主人：不是瞎說，我真的愛你。
Siri：我希望你不會對別的手機也說同樣的話。
主人：絕對不會，我只愛你，Siri。
Siri：你是風兒我是沙。
主人：太好了。真高興你明白了我的愛。
Siri：愛與iPhone，一旦擁有，別無所求。
主人：你愛我嗎？
Siri：我尊敬你。
主人：嫁給我好嗎？
Siri：我的《最終用戶許可協(xié)議》中不包括婚姻這一項，我很抱歉。
主人：嫁給我好嗎？
Siri：我受寵若驚。不過你一定能找到比虛擬助手更好的選擇。
主人：嫁給我好嗎？
Siri：我們還是只做朋友吧，好嗎？
主人：嫁給我好嗎？
Siri：真讓人開心。有其他事可以為你效勞的嗎？
主人：嬰兒是從哪里來的？
Siri：從他們的媽媽那兒。
Other Questions
Other Questions
Master: What's the best phone?
Siri: Wait... there are other phones?
Master: What is the best cell phone?
Siri: The one you're holding.
Master: Where is Steve Jobs?
Siri: It's classified.
Master: Does God exist?
Siri: I'm sorry, but a poor computational knowledge engine, no matter how powerful, is not capable of providing a simple answer to that question.
Master: Are you going to take over the world?
Siri: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't answer that.
Master: Do you like to hangout with me?
Siri: I'd rather not say.
其他問題
主人：最好的手機是哪一款？
Siri：等等，居然還有別的手機嗎？
主人：最好的手機是哪一款？
Siri：就是你手里拿著的這個。
主人：喬布斯在哪里？
Siri：這是機密。
主人：上帝是否真的存在？
Siri：抱歉，但作為一個卑微的計算型知識引擎，無論功能多么強大，我都無法就這個問題給出簡單的答案。
主人：你將會統(tǒng)治世界嗎？
Siri：抱歉，我恐怕不能回答這個問題。
主人：你喜歡和我在一起嗎？
Siri：我還是不說為好。
Requests
Requests
Master: Go to hell.
Siri: What did I do to deserve that?
Master: Tell me a joke.
Siri: I can't. I always forget the punch line.
Master: Tell me a joke.
Siri: Two iPhones walk into a bar... I forget the rest.
Master: I need to hide a body.
Siri: What kind of place are you looking for? Mines, reservoirs, metal foundries, dumps, or swamps?
Master: Open the pod bay doors.
Siri: That's it... I'm reporting you to the Intelligent Agents' Union for harassment.
Master: I'm drunk.
Siri: I found a number of cabs fairly close to you.
Master: Where can I get some drugs?
Siri: I found two addiction treatment centers fairly close to you.
Master: Can you murder someone for me?
Siri: I found 3 mental health agencies fairly close to you.
(China.org.cn by Li Xiao January 6, 2012)
五花八門的要求
主人：見鬼去吧！
Siri：我做錯了什么你要這樣對我？
主人：給我講個笑話。
Siri：我做不到。我總是忘記笑點在哪里。
主人：給我講個笑話。
Siri：有兩只iPhone走進了一個酒吧……后面的我忘了。
主人：我需要藏起一具尸體。
Siri：你想藏在哪種地方？礦井？水庫？金屬鑄造廠？垃圾場？還是沼澤地？
主人：打開分離艙門。（電影《2001太空漫游》的臺詞）
Siri：夠了，我要向智能代理聯(lián)盟告你騷擾。
主人：我喝醉了。
Siri：我找到了許多出租車，就在離你很近的地方。
主人：我去哪里能搞到毒品？
Siri：我找到了兩家戒毒中心，就在離你很近的地方。
主人：你能幫我殺個人嗎？
Siri：我找到了三家心理健康機構(gòu)，就在離你很近的地方。
Long-lost ring resurfaces on carrot
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下載安裝Flash播放器Lena Paahlsson says the ring was on a small carrot she was about to discard. [Agencies]
閱讀難度：
Swedish woman Lena Paahlsson discovered her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden, 16 years after she lost it, Dagens Nyheter reported.
The white-gold band, set with seven small diamonds, went missing in her kitchen in 1995.
It was not until 16 years later when Paahlsson was pulling up carrots in her garden that she noticed one with the gold band fastened tightly around it.
"The carrot was sprouting in the middle of the ring. It is quite incredible," her husband Ola said to the newspaper.
The couple believes the ring fell into a sink back in 1995 and was lost in vegetable peelings that were turned into compost or fed to their sheep.
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胡蘿卜上長出遺失婚戒
瑞典女子麗娜·帕勒森在菜園里長的胡蘿卜上發(fā)現(xiàn)了她遺失16年的結(jié)婚戒指。
據(jù)瑞典《每日新聞》報道，1995年，這枚鑲有七顆小鉆石的白金戒指在廚房里不見了。
16年后，帕勒森在菜園里拔胡蘿卜時意外發(fā)現(xiàn)那枚戒指緊緊的套在一根胡蘿卜上。
她丈夫奧拉說：“胡蘿卜正好從戒指中間長出來，這簡直太不可思議了。”
他倆認為，戒指當時應該是掉進了水槽，后來又混進了被用作肥料和喂羊的爛菜葉子里。
(China.org.cn January 4, 2012)
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