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‘KGB’ wants to answer your texts… comrade
(At right: spy texting is blurry by design.)
The Knowledge Generation Bureau has launched “kgbkgb.com” (that’s KGB x 2), a service that will answer questions posed via text. The questions are answered by a staff of so-called “Special Agents” who, if logic follows, are powered by secrecy and vodka.
Ordinarily, this would filed under, “Interesting, but not local,” but the service is going on a nationwide tour to spread the KGB gospel. They’ll be in Austin Tuesday and Wednesday on the “What Does America Really Want To Know” tour. That’s an easy one I can answer without their help: America really wants to know, “OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD WHAT ARE WE GONNA DOOOOO!?!?!?!”
They might have a different take on things than me.
If you’re interested in seeing where the tour will be in Austin, you can follow their tour blog. Incidentally, the Omar they mention who participated in a queso-chugging contest is not me, I swear. I do all my queso-chugging in the privacy of my own home.
Edited to add: Alert Twitter user Julie Gomoll points out that ChaCha.com seems to do exactly the same thing.
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By try again...
March 4, 2009 2:57 PM | Link to this
"but ChaCha is free for the first few texts each month. ChaCha was originally a totally free service."
ChaCha is totally free...there is a limit of 5 texts in 48 hours (aside from unlimited access to Jokes, etc.), but they never charge you...
By Julie Gomoll
March 3, 2009 10:28 AM | Link to this
I signed up for ChaCha mostly out of curiosity, but only used it a few time. I agree with you, ht, there are quicker ways of finding info. Info via SMS just doesn't seem like a very promising model to me.
By ht
March 3, 2009 8:02 AM | Link to this
KGB is a pay service, but ChaCha is free for the first few texts each month. ChaCha was originally a totally free service.
My experience with ChaCha is that they don't always provide the correct answer. Also, I can usually find the answer quicker by surfing the interweb on my phone.