Oh Siri, you are so illogical...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

Talk about an unusual little bug…err…feature…

I was watching the Futurama episode “The Cryonic Woman” on my iPhone 6, with the iPhone plugged into power…

When the scene where Zoidberg’s serves tea to Amy and Michelle, the following glitch occurs…

Z; there you go, dearies…
M; it’s a relief to meet…
<ping-ping> (The Siri screen appears) and the words “it’s a relief” appear at the top of the screen, sometimes Siri responds with “I’m not sure I understand”, other times she does not respond.

The glitch is repeatable, I’ve replayed it a good half dozen times on the iPhone 6.

2

Excellent. I assume “dearies” is misheard as “Siri” by the phone?

3

I’m not an iPhone person. Don’t you have to hold down a button first before Siri starts listening to you?

4

If your iPhone is plugged into power you can just say “Hey Siri, …” to put her to work. Comes in handy for setting alarms and identifying music when you are too lazy to roll over and hit the button. I think there is a setting to turn the feature off.

5

There is.

6

Siri is so awful I have given up using for any but the simplest things. Somehow Google’s app gets everything I say and gives much better results. I wish there was a way to switch the default to Google without jailbreaking the phone.

There is absolutely a setting to turn off Siri’s auto-answer when she is plugged in.

7

Siri gave me a good laugh yesterday; I had come home from work and my dogs were all bouncing around, happy to see me. I had my iPhone in hand, and almost tripped over a dog. I said loudly “What the hell’s wrong with you?” to the dog, but hit the Siri button. She replied, “Nothing is wrong with me, all my circuits are working perfectly.”

I about rolled.