Bing Sucks Because It's Not Google

I love my new Kindle Paperwhite--the backlight is great, the text is clear and the touch screen works well (except sometimes at the gym when I'm not holding the back of it).  The other day I found a new feature:  Translate!  I had highlighted "cherchez la femme" hoping it was in the built in dictionary but it wasn't.  Then I saw the option "Translate."  I clicked on it and waited to be illuminated by the wonderful technology of the internet.  And then the translation came back that cherchez la femme in French translates to English as:  cherchez la femme.  What?!  And then I saw the problem:  Translation provided by Bing.  Why Amazon went with Microsoft's Bing instead of Google, I don't know.  But they should know better.  Amazon is one of the best companies out there, along with Google.  And Microsoft has become a joke with the likes of Zune, Vista and Clippy.

Of course, Google Translate gives the proper translation:

More examples: 

wie gehts = how are you (Google) or as gehts (Bing)

caveat emptor = buyer beware (Google) or caveat emptor (Bing)

Feliz Pascuas = Happy Easter (Google) or Happy Pascuas (Bing)

Good work, Bing!  Keep it up.  If you need me, I'll be over at Google.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I read this book in high school and really liked it then.  Unfortunately, my memory of it was better than my view of it today.  It still had it's funny moments, but that's all I came away with this time around.  The plot is very thin and has very little tension.  The characters are thin and are never really developed.

The best parts were entries from the Hitchhiker's Guide, and remembering back, those were my favorite parts the first time I read it.

Oh well, at least it was short.