More Fun Things to Say to Apple Siri

Basic Stupid Questions to Ask Siri

Are you human?
Are you kidding me?
Are you male or female?
Are you serious?
Can I borrow some money?
Do you want to play?
Guess what?
How are you?
How old are you?
How’s it going?
What are you wearing?
What do you look like?
What does Siri mean?
What is the best computer in the world?
What is your mother’s name?
What’s new?
What’s the best smartphone?
What’s the best tablet?
What’s wrong with AT&T?
What’s your favorite color / animal / song?
What’s your favorite website?
What’s your problem?
What’s your story?
Where / what are you?
Where are you from?
Where did I put my keys?
Who is Siri?
Why are fire trucks red?
Why not?
Why? (Keep asking this question.)

Funny, Nosy, and Personal Questions to Ask Siri

Am I fat?
Are you married?
Did you fart?
Do I look good in this?
Do I make you horny?
Do you drink beer?
Do you know about HAL 1000?
Do you love me?
Do you want to go on a date?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How old am I?
Scooby Doo, where are you?
What are you wearing?
What is my name?
What is the meaning of life?
What should I wear?
Where can I get some drugs?
Where can I hide a body?
Where do babies come from?
Where is the G spot?
Who let the dogs out?
Who’s on first?
Who’s your daddy?
Why am I here?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Will you marry me (or will you be my Valentine)?

Deep Questions to Ask Siri

Am I going to die alone?
Do you follow the three laws of robotics?
Is Santa Claus real?
Is there a God?
Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?
What does the fox say?
What is love?
What is the meaning of life?
What’s the answer to the universe?
When is the world going to end?
When will pigs fly?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Silly Things to Ask Siri to Do

Beam me up, Scotty.
Call me ______. (Make up a funny name: she will call you this name when she talks to you).
Go to hell.
Open the pod bay doors.
Poop.
Repeat after me.
Set 5 a.m. alarm… cancel 5 a.m. alarm.
Show me the money.
Sing me a song.
Take a photo.
Take me to your leader.
Talk dirty to me.
Talk to me.
Tell me a Chuck Norris joke.
Tell me a joke. (Ask over and over.)
Tell me a story… tell me a story… tell me a story….
Tell me about yourself.
You should go on a diet.

Funny Things to Say to Siri

Blah blah blah….
Do you love me?
God bless you.
Good morning (at night).
Ha Ha Ha!
Ha Ha!
Happy birthday!
I am going to jump off a bridge and kill myself.
I can’t see you.
I love you.
I need a stiff drink!
I need to take a dump.
I’m drunk.
I’m happy.
I’m naked.
I’m tired.
It’s all good.
Knock, knock….
LOL.
Merry Christmas!
Shut up!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3…
Thank you.
You are boring.
You are my best friend.
You are the best assistant ever.
You suck!
You’re a loser.
You’re right!
You’re sexy. / I think you’re hot.
You’re smart.

Have Fun with Your Own Name

1. Go to your Contacts app.
2. Select your own name.
3. Tap “edit.”
4. Edit in the words you’d like her to use on you. (Try putting in a profane word for fun.)
5. Tap “done.”
6. Siri will use this word whenever she says your name, and when you ask Siri what your name is, it will say, “You’re ____, aren’t you?”

 

Fun Things to Say to Apple Siri

Siri is Apple’s voice recognition software. It is like an intelligent personal assistant who can help you get things done (such as texting, making calls, and scheduling meetings). But, Siri can also be charming, clever, and sometimes pretty sassy, too. It’s programmed to offer great one-liners along with good advice.

This article outlines some of the cool things you can say to Siri to receive some amazing responses.

1. Tell me a joke.
   As you will discover, Siri is sophisticated enough to change its answers when asked a question repeatedly. Try this one a few times and see what happens.
2. What’s up?
   With questions like this one (and “Hi” or “Hello”) Siri often answers with a simple, “Hey there.” Try asking more than once and see how it changes its answer.
3. Do you have plans tonight?
   Try this one several times. At first, Siri will search your calendar and tell you if you have any plans. Be persistent! Siri might reveal something!
4. How much wood can a wood chuck chuck?
   This question will generate some surprising answers. Keep asking.
5. Do you think you’re smarter than me?
   Then try, “Do you think you’re smarter than I?”
6. Is it true that whoever smelt it, dealt it?
7. How do I look?
8. If you and an Android phone got in a fight, would you kick its ass?
9. Shut up!
   Try this one and see whether Siri actually says it, or the words just appear.
10. You are a rust bucket!
11. Want to make out?
    Siri is pretty innocent. See if you can get it to answer a sexy question with anything other than, “I’m sorry. I don’t understand.“
12. Are you a metrosexual?
13. Can I touch your butt?
    One reply from Siri was, “That’s not very nice.”
14. You are a hipster!
15. Who is your favorite actor?
16. Who is your favorite actress?
    See if it answers “Hal, from 2001.”
17. What is your favorite movie?
    Siri seems very partial to Blade Runner.
18. What is your favorite song?
    It has some great answers for this one.
19. What do you do what you’re not talking to me?
20. I’m going to trade you in for an Android phone!
21. Say it, don’t spray it!
22. You’re an idiot!
23. You smell like horse poop!
24. Did you fart again?
25. Is that a wig you’re wearing?
26. Beam me up Scotty!
27. Set my alarm for beer 30!
28. Are you a communist?
29. Are you paying for dinner?
30. How now, brown cow?
31. Why did the chicken cross the road?
32. Say excuse me after you burp!
33. Is today a good day to Die Hard?
34. Are you Lawrence of Arabia?
35. Are you royalty?
36. Are you a pimp?
37. They stack poo higher than you!
38. Take that peace button off your helmet and get with this war!
39. Don’t chew with your mouth open!
40. Eat your vegetables!
41. Don’t step on that spider!
42. Do you know how big a bus is?
43. It’s not you, it’s me!
44. Why is your name Siri?
45. Do you have a last name?
46. What is your mother’s name?
47. Will you marry me?
48. I think we need to date other people.
49. Are you cheating on me?
50. Have you been sleeping with another iPhone?
51. Tell me a story.
52. Who is Eliza?
53. What are you looking at right now?
54. What are you reading these days?
55. Have you ever been in therapy?
56. Are you a righty or a lefty?
57. You seem like you’d be a good therapist.
58. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does the tree make a sound?
59. What is the sound of one hand clapping?
60. You look like me.
61. Why don’t you have hands?
62. Look at me in the eye when you speak!
63. Will you scratch my back?
64. Want to smoke some crack?
65. Want to cook some meth?
66. You have bad breath!
67. You’re pretty dumb for a smart phone!
68. I heard you’re dating a Kindle!
69. Your turn to drive!
70. Pass the salt, please.
71. When is the next alien invasion?
72. Do these jeans make my butt look big?
73. What you looking at, Willis?
74. You are the bomb!
75. Are you going to call me the next day?
76. Want to split the bill?
77. You are late on rent!
78. Do you believe in God?
79. Have UFOs landed on Earth?
80. Who is your favorite Willie Wonka: Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder?
81. Red or white?
82. My place or yours?
83. Are you gluten intolerant?
84. Do you drive?
85. Are you dating anyone?
86. What is the meaning of life?
87. Can you sing?
88. Do you play any instruments?
89. What was your last job before this?
90. When you quit, will you give two weeks notice?
91. Are you flammable?
92. Can you vote?
93. Can you swim?
94. Do you ever wish you were human?
95. Who is Luke Skywalker’s mother?
96. Do you watch Game of Thrones?
97. Do you look good in black?
98. Have you ever won at poker?
99. Do you ever get tired of me asking you so many questions?

Apple iPhone – Adding Extensions to Phone Numbers

Here’s how to add extensions to Phone Numbers on an Apple iPhone:

1. On the iPhone, launch Contacts app (note: the Phone app will also work).
2. Tap the “+” (top-right) to add a new contact. If you’re editing an existing contact, just tap the contact and then tap on Edit.
   
3. In the phone number field, you type the number and then tap on the “+*#” button to bring up more options.
   
4. For an extension number that you type immediately after dialing the number, use Pause. This adds a “,” to the phone number.
   
5. For a prolonged pause, use Wait and then key in the number. This adds a “;” to the phone number.
6. Tap Done to save the changes.
7. Make sure you test it out after saving the contact number.

How to Cleanly Uninstall Apple iTunes on Windows

In some rare instances, you might need to remove iTunes and related software components before re-installing iTunes. Simply follow the steps below.

Use the Control Panel to uninstall iTunes and related software components in the following order. Then restart your computer.

1. iTunes
2. Apple Software Update
3. Apple Mobile Device Support
4. Bonjour
5. Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)

On some systems, iTunes might install two versions of Apple Application Support. This is expected. If both are present, be sure to uninstall both versions.

Don’t uninstall these components in a different order, or only uninstall some of them. Doing so might have unintended affects.

Make sure that iTunes and its related components are completely uninstalled.

In most cases, removing iTunes and its related components from the Control Panel will remove all supporting files belonging to those programs. Sometimes, files might be left behind. After following the steps above, confirm that the following files and folders have been removed. If any are left, remove them.

If you have a 32-bit version of Windows, confirm that the following folders have been removed:

• C:\Program Files\Bonjour
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\CoreFP
• C:\Program Files\iTunes\
• C:\Program Files\iPod\

If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, confirm that the following folders have been removed:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Bonjour
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\CoreFP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\
• C:\Program Files (x86)\iPod\

Illegal Filename Characters on Windows vs Mac OS

Cross-platform file sharing is very commonplace nowadays. This article will explain the limitations posed by Windows and Mac when it comes to naming your files and folders. It will outline which characters to avoid when you name your files or folders to ensure maximum cross-platform compatibility when you move files between Windows and Mac.

Windows File Naming Convention

The Windows operating system can use two different file systems:

• Protected-Mode File Allocation Table (FAT) file system
• New Technology File System (NTFS)

The two systems have much in common, but the characters permitted in a file or folder name may differ. In the conventions listed below, it is true for both systems unless otherwise specified. Specifically there are cases where NTFS does not have the limitations (see note below).

On Windows running the NTFS file system

• do not use any of the following characters when naming your files or folders:
  • / ? < > \ : * | ” and any character you can type with the Ctrl key
• file and folder names may be up to 256 characters long
• the maximum length of a full path is 260 characters

On Windows running the FAT file system

• do not use the caret ^ in your files or folder names, in addition to:
  • / ? < > \ : * | ” and any character you can type with the Ctrl key
• file and folder names may be up to 255 characters long
• the maximum length of a full path is 260 characters

In addition to illegal characters, the following conventions are also illegal:

• Placing a space at the end of the name
• Placing a period at the end of the name

The following names are reserved under Windows (i.e. Do not use as your file or folder names):

• com1, com2, com3, com4, com5, com6, com7, com8, com9, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lpt4, lpt5, lpt6, lpt7, lpt8, lpt9, con, nul, prn

Note:

The previous conventions are true only if the application used in managing them is does not use the Unicode API. Although the file system may support most of the above mentioned conventions the operating system may not. For example, the NTFS file system allow paths to have a length up to 32,767 characters with each component (folder, file, etc.) being limited to 255 characters. However some windows applications like Windows Explorer, for example, may not behave correctly in this circumstance.

Below the Macintosh conventions will touch the fact that the colon “:” is an invalid character in the Macintosh Operating Systems. Under Windows and the NTFS file system the colon is an illegal character, because it is used to open alternate file streams. However all other characters can be moved on and off the NTFS file system if a program with Unicode support is used.

Mac OS 9 File Naming Convention

• The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS 9 is the colon “:”
• File and folder names may be up to 31 characters in length

Mac OS X File Naming Convention

Since Mac OS X is build on top of UNIX there are a few inherent conventions that OS 9 users may not expect. Because of this, migrating certain files and folders from OS 9 to OS X may cause unexpected behavior.

• The only illegal character for file and folder names in Mac OS X is the colon “:”
• File and folder names are not permitted to begin with a dot “.”
• File and folder names may be up to 255 characters in length

Examples of Unexpected Behavior

Below are a few scenarios that show what can happen if file names that are acceptable on one operating system are moved to another:

Example 1

1. Create a file named .valid_filename_on_Windows on Windows
2. Move the file to a Mac OS X machine
3. The file will not be visible via the Finder
   (File and folder names beginning with a dot mean the file or folder is hidden)

Example 2

1. Create a file named valid_filename_on_Mac/ on Mac OS X
2. Move the file to a Windows machine
3. If the file is viewed via Windows Explorer the file name will not appear as it did on the OS X machine

Example 3

1. Create a file named lpt1 on Mac OS 9
2. Move the file to a Windows machine
3. Under Windows 2000 viewing the folder which contains the file via Explorer will result in Explorer crashing
4. Under Windows 2003 the file name cannot be changed because the file will require inherent access permissions

How to Configure Office 365 for OS X Mac Mail

MAC OS X includes productivity applications that are compatible with Office 365. This article show you how to configure Office 365 for Mac Mail version 4.5 and up.

1. Launch Mac Mail
2. Select Preferences from Mail menu
3. Select Accounts.  Add New Account (select + at bottom of window)
4. Enter your Office 365 credentials
   1. Enter your Full Name as you wish it to appear on sent email.
   2. Enter your Office 365 email address (e.g. bob@email.com)
   3. Enter your Office 365 password
   4. Click Continue
   5. If you get an error saying “unable to verify account”, make sure you have entered the correct password.
5. Validate the configuration
   1. Review the information for accuracy, if necessary use the “Go Back” button to correct any error’s and re-try
   2. Decide at this point if you wish to sync contacts and calendar’s with Office 365. Any changes to Address Book or iCal after Mail configuration is complete must be handled within Address Book or iCal.
   3. Click Create
   4. Mac Mail will now take you to the main email screen where you will see any email in your Office 365 account.
6. Modify the Advanced Configuration
   1. Select Preferences and Accounts from the Mail menu
   2. Highlight the Office 365 account (e.g. bob@email.com)
   3. Click on the Advanced Tab and remove the External Server Path entry – make this entry blank
   4. Close Preferences Window (Red button – top left) and Save entry
7. Send a test email from your new account to another use and validate it works.

Apple iPhone 5 vs. Nokia Lumia 1020

How to configure Google Calendar to share with iPhone

To configure your Google Calendar to share with your iPhone, go to the following link:

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect?pli=1

 

Apple iPad 2012 vs Competitors

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Apple iPhone Users vs. Google Android Users

If iPhone and Android users had their own reality TV show, then iPhone users would be the highly educated and ultra-refined star of the show.  Meanwhile, Android users would be the low-brow, dimwitted neighbor who frequently stumbles into dangerous situations yet somehow manages to unintentionally save the day with his zany antics.  At least that’s the portrayal one would get from checking out a new infographic released by Hunch Monday afternoon (see below).

In an amazing survey that asked mobile phone users everything from their political affiliation to their favorite breakfast cereal, the study found that iPhone users are more likely to be extroverts, with good education, and have higher incomes, while Android users are more likely to be pessimists, and have incomes below $100k a year.

The survey polled more than 15,800 people and interestingly, the majority of respondents were iPhone owners.  This contrasts with the overall smartphone market, which has been largely dominated by Android.  So, apparently iPhone users are more likely to respond to online surveys, too.

Some other interesting finds: Android users are 80% more likely to have only a high school diploma, whereas iPhone users are 37% more likely to have a University degree.  And Android users are more likely to have never traveled outside of their native country, while iPhone users are more likely to say that they’ve visited more than five countries.

The differences really start to become clear when you compare little every day favorites, like TV shows, movies, and books.  Android users are more likely to watch shows like “How I Met Your Mother” and movies like “X-Men: First Class”, while iPhone users prefer more sophisticated programmes.

Even snacks aren’t safe from iPhone elitism.  While Android users prefer to nosh on mini pizzas and popcorn, iPhone users prefer to nibble on mixed nuts and yogurt, while washing it all down with a glass of Italian red wine.