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I haven’t played around with Siri enough to see if it’s possible to set the user’s name as a seven word-long string, but according to an enraged mother whose young son was told to “shut the fuck up, you ugly twat” when playing with an iPhone 4S in Coventry’s Tesco, it seems to be possible. Whoops.
You’ve really got to feel for poor little Charlie Le Quesne, who only enquired about the number of people in the world when trying out Siri on a demo handset, and was given a thorough telling-off by the personal software assistant.
After his mum complained to the Tesco store’s manager, the staff unplugged the phone and said they’d be sending it back to Apple “for diagnostic tests.”
Growing up as a bored teenager in a small country town, I can see how entertaining it would’ve been to tamper with an iPhone 4S, especially if I’d just stumbled in from a cheap cider-swillin’ sesh in the carpark with my mates. But won’t someone think of the chiiiiiildreeeen? [The Telegraph -- Thanks, MHatti3000!]
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I take back every bad thing I have ever said about Siri, it is obviously software of taste and distinction.
I would have loved to see this.
Yes, I would also liked to have heard someone explain “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature”. While some people may have noticed I am not overly fond of Apple products I still prefer them to the vile, feral monsters that they call children these days.
I am glad it was useful.
Good spot and a good call letting Kat know about it. Given how short of staff they are at GizUK Towers (especially since Kat is SUPPOSED to be on holiday) they can’t be everywhere on the net.
Thank you. But now I feel sorry for bothering Kat on her holiday.
It’s ok you weren’t to know, she has certainly been around a lot today so I figure she’s not doing anything else.
It’s true; it’s not much of a life I lead *sighs*
First he’s 12, now he’s 10 and now he’s apparently back to 12.
I hear language much worse than this just walking down the street. Infact, today while watching the new Sherlock Holmes film, I had a group of guys sit behind me and every second word was a profanity. The mother is making a huge deal out of something minor.
Speaking of the new Sherlock Holmes film, is it worth seeing? We’re debating seeing that or the American Girl With the Dragon Tattoo tonight.
It depends on what you’re in the mood for. Dragon Tattoo is definitely much more heavy going than Sherlock Holmes, so if you just want something fun for the night, Holmes is probably the way to go.
I think we’ve decided on Dragon Tattoo merely because it’s on a better (read: BIGGER!) screen at our local cinema, but I definitely want to see Sherlock Holmes at some point. I feel a bit grubby saying I want to see a Jude Law film, mind.
It’s OK at least it’s not A.I.
I know Trent Reznor (Of NIN) and Atticus Ross, who both did the soundtrack to social network have done the soundtrack to TGWTDT. Would like to know how effective the soundtrack is in the movie, because I’m tempted to go see it just for the music alone.
I have yet to see Dragon ( I have the original on blu-ray still wrapped); but Sherlock is an enjoyable romp and well worth seeing.
Have you seen the first one Kat? It’s exactly the same style – cheeky jokes, Sherlock being a kid in a mans body etc. The second one is absolutely brilliant, but I am biased as I love Robert Downey JR. If not tonight, definitely make time to see it.
Yeh, I really enjoyed the first one — my love for Robert Downey Jnr surpasses my hatred of Jude Law. Just got back from seeing TGWTDT; thought it was surprisingly decent! Daniel Craig was great — a much better role for him than James Bond, IMO.
Jude Law’s not that bad
He’s been in a few decent pictures – Sherlock, Repo Men…alright, 2 decent films. I do like him in Sherlock though, you can tell him and Robert Downey JR have chemistry.
I’m calling fake on this for the following reasons:
What 12 year old would know what Siri is unless they were tech aware?
What 12 year old would use to search for ‘how many people are there in the world?’ I have teen nephews and that’d be the last thing they’d search for.
If the 12 year old did know what Siri was and did search for what was reported, it is unlikely the mother would be shopping at Tesco; that sounds like a toff kid and the mother would be shopping in Waitrose or M&S.
On the other hand it could allllll be true
What a jolly paragraph of absurd stereotypes.
Thanks, I do try
It was meant to be absurd.
Honestly, I can actually bet money that some 12 year olds know more about tech than all of us put together.
Yeh, my nine year old nephew was asking us all about Siri over Christmas. Kids, huh!
This may be true, but I know for a fact that there are 12 year olds that can strip down and reassemble an AK-47 faster then me, but it doesn’t mean they know how to use it.
My 11 month old swipes through my iPhones screens with one finger, my 3 year old start the Pc, logs on and can use the nickjnr website, never under estimate today’s kids!
Doesn’t Siri need a network to function? They don’t put sim cards in demo phones… certainly not in Tesco anyway.
Can I just say, I’m 12, I certainly know what siri is, I HAVE searched how many people in the world, and my mum shops at tesco.
This is the kind of thing that makes me glad to be living in the Twenty first century. Why on earth didn’t they use this kind of thing to market the thing with. I think they would have sold billions if this had been known at the time. This could almost persuade me to buy an iPhone… almost. Siri I salute you.
Just saying, but 12 isn’t a teenager…