Uber seems to have removed the integration and we’re not sure if it will return.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2018, at 9:56 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I googled What does the name SIRI stand for. And found this article on the > Forbes web site: > > > Adam Cheyer, Co-Founder of Siri > > As a startup, when coming up with Siri's name, we wanted something that was > easy to remember, short to type, comfortable to pronounce, and a > not-too-common human name. And we wanted to be able to get the domain name > for not too much money... > > Once Siri became the leading candidate, everyone on the team had their own > favorite explanation of the meaning. Dag Kittlaus, our Norwegian-American > CEO, once considered using Siri as the name of his child and liked the Norse > meaning "beautiful woman who leads you to victory." For me, Siri, which means > "secret" in Swahili, was a tip of the hat to our pre-named days when we began > as stealth-company.com. I also liked the fact that it was the reverse of > Iris, a software system I helped build as part of the CALO project which Siri > spun out of. Some liked the resemblance to SRI, which was the research > institute that ran the CALO project. We knew about Siri = beauty in > Sinhalese, but missed that SHIRI = "butt" in Japanese (they're not the same > word, but closely pronounced...) > > And it was all a big surprise for the team that Apple decided to keep the > original Siri name for its launch as part of iOS. There were other candidates > that were leading, up until the final weeks... > > This question originally appearedon Quora. > > > > Richard > > > > > > “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” > > - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 > > On Feb 3, 2018, at 3:18 PM, Jewel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There have been observations, from time to time, on this list, as to the IQ >> of Siri. I do find it >> annoying when I ask him a, relatively straightforward question such as >> "what is the circumference >> of a circle with a diameter of 10 metres , and instead of giving me the >> answer, he looked it up on >> the 'net which I then had to read: a few software updates ago, Siri would >> have ask me if I would >> like him to read it? It wasn't Siri who decided that he would, no longer, >> bother himself to read >> the contents of websites; Siri is only as good as his handlers and it was >> they who issued the >> current instructions and he has to follow them, much as it goes against the >> grain to do so! >> However, I still do find him to be a lot of fun and I am amazed at the >> things that he can answer, >> such as when I said to him: "Siri! May I call you Jack?" to which he >> replied: "No Jewel! you may >> not; I am comfortable with my identity!" >> Obviously, he has been programmed to make that reply should any jumped-up >> jockey suggest that he >> should be called anything but Siri. >> Speaking of which, I assume that it is an acronym! does anyone know what >> the individual letters >> represent? I think that I have heard what the words are but I have >> forgotten! something something >> reading something? >> >> Jewel >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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