SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 09 / 29

Any question answered

The Register has been having a good time testing AQA, a mobile "Ask Experts" service recently launched with much merriment in the UK.

Sending in text messages to find out "Whats better for me - a banana or a bowl of broccoli?" the Register was quite impressed with the quality of the replies:

"Broccoli is said to have the highest nutritional value of any food, with as much calcium per unit weight as milk, and plenty of vitamins and fibre"

But what really got their interest was the fact that the service has identified a significant spike in sex-related questions at 10.48pm.

Messages received include "Am I looking hot 2night?" and "Am I going to have sex with the bird next to me?", to which the answers are "Mate you're more than hot. You're sizzling. You're so hot you may well be the cause of global warming" and "If you are confident, friendly and polite you will be able to charm anyone, even the girl next to you", respectively.

Some questions though are better left unanswered, as the Register experienced after asking: "What's the best UK IT news site?"

No more than two minutes later came the reply: "Depending on what area of IT you are interested in, the best UK IT website could be one of quite a few..."

Yes, yes, we gasped, scrolling frantically down the screen.

"...Try www.compinfo.co.uk and www.eweek.com"

With which this plug for AQA is terminated by the Register!"

SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 09 / 29

Any question answered

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