Noise To Signal

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Q: Why did the mushroom go to the party?
A: Because he was a fungi.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 91.6160%

By Austin Ross on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 05:06

>The joke's funniness percentage is: 91.6160%

Funny, that's the exact funniness I calculated for that joke without use of the utilitiy. Go me!

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 11:40

"Phish and pie help milady I'm drowning?
Because it's apple sauce!

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%"

Apparently that string of arbitrary words is also 2.940 on the popularity scale. Not bad for my first attempt...

I'm going to go ahead and guess that this doodah can only cope with evaluating actual jokes, no? Quite an amusing diversion.

By Rosti on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 11:56

I have absolutely no idea how it even works.

"Works."

Which is disappointing, because I'd like to know, even slightly, what the hell it thinks it's evaluating to decide whether or not google "laughs."

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 12:05

What do you get when you cross a penis with a vagina? A baby!

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 50.7485%

The joke's popularity is: 4.825

By Andrew Edmark on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 17:44

What's brown and sticky? A Stick

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 62.9579%

The joke's popularity is: 4.867

:oP

By Jo on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 18:23

> What's brown and sticky? A Stick

God bless Alan Davies and QI.

By Austin Ross on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 19:07

I'm tempted to post my 100% funny joke, but I don't think any of you would like me anymore.

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Thursday, March 1, 2007 @ 23:40

Just experimenting. Resume your normal duties.

"Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he was a fun guy.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 92.2170%"

"Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he was a funny guy.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 92.2170%"

"Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he was a cool guy.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 93.7650%"

I wouldn't trust it very far.

And I never liked you in the first place, Reed.

By Austin Ross on Friday, March 2, 2007 @ 01:20

"Hells Bells! Coogan's stopwatch!

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 22.3325%

The joke's popularity is: 2.605
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

How can it have any percentage of funniness at all if Google isn't laughing?

By Arthur Ascii on Sunday, March 4, 2007 @ 23:34

I've managed! It took several goes though:

"They do occasionally wake up and smell the iron's on.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 70.0926%

The joke's popularity is: 6.033
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

By Arthur Ascii on Sunday, March 4, 2007 @ 23:40

>How can it have any percentage of funniness at all if Google isn't laughing?

Well, in fairness there are plenty of jokes I find funny that I don't laugh at...it takes a lot to get me to laugh out loud at something, but, on the whole, I do find plenty of things amusing.

That said, I still have no damned idea what this utility is even DOING.

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 00:01

"A joke in bad taste involving a disabled person.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 3.5263%

The joke's popularity is: 6.057
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

"A joke in bad taste involving a disabled person

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 4.911
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

I like that the popularity doesn't have any bearing on the funniness percentage. And that full-stops in humour actually matter after all.

By Arthur Ascii on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 00:03

> That said, I still have no damned idea what this utility is even DOING.

Clue: put the same unchanging set of words into the box several times in a row and watch what happens.

By Arthur Ascii on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 00:07

>put the same unchanging set of words into the box several times in a row and watch what happens.

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 12.7434%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 13.0631%

The joke's popularity is: 7.045
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 12.8319%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 13.0631%

The joke's popularity is: 7.045
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 12.8319%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Sometimes I like to hold children.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 12.8319%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

I'm still not following you...

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 04:14

Try this then.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 10.0885%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Try this then.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Try this then.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 10.0885%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Try this then.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 11.2500%

The joke's popularity is: 8.283
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Try this then.

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 0.5938%

The joke's popularity is: 8.283
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Try this then.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 7.053
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

My impression is that it's random. That it doesn't do more with your effort than assign it a random number. That's what I was suggesting, anyway.

By Arthur Ascii on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 15:10

I *do* like that some popularity levels spill over the allowed maximum. What's 8.283 when 7=super popular?

By Arthur Ascii on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 15:13

"What's 8.283 when 7=super popular?

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 9.1623%

The joke's popularity is: 7.281
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

"Not funny" is the answer.

"What's 8.283 when 7=super popular?

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 5.837
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)"

Or: "funny". Depends how you tell it.

By Arthur Ascii on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 15:16

Doctor Who Restoration Team

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 73.6091%

The joke's popularity is: 4.846
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Seriously, go type it yourself....

By Somebody on Monday, March 5, 2007 @ 20:17

Ah, gotcha Arthur. I wasn't sure what you were getting at, probably because I assumed you were getting at something quite different than what you were.

I emailed the following question to the contact link on the site:

Hey. Just wondering what Google Laugh is testing for to decide whether or not Google "laughs." What does it mean when it laughs? What does it search for to make that decision?

Here is the reply I received:

Hi,
Good question. The answer is actually kind of secret but I can give some hints.

Have you seen the concept of "GoogleShare"?

An example that I created is here:http://www.googleduel.com/googlebusinessmain.php
It allows you to use Google to find out how strongly a word or phrase is associated with other words.

What I am doing is selecting certain words from the joke (not the whole joke), and finding out how strongly they are associated with certain humor keywords. It calculates, based on this, a Funniness Percentage. If the calculated funniness percentage is greater than 50% then "Google Laughs".

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 @ 00:03

There was a Daddy Balloon, a Mummy balloon and a baby balloon. One night they were getting ready for bed and Baby balloon wanted to sleep in his mummy and daddy's bed. Daddy Balloon said "You are too old to sleep in our bed. It is time you started sleeping in your own bed. So off you go" Sadly baby balloon trooped of to his own bed. Later that night he crept into his parents room and tried to climb in with them. But there was not enough room. So very carefully he reached down and let a little air out of his Dad. He tried to get in but there was still not enough room. So he reached down and let a little air out of his Mum. He tried again to climb in, but there still was not quite enough room. So he reached down and let out a little of his own air. He climbed back into the bed and fitted in perfectly between his parents. He was soon asleep. In the morning when Daddy balloon woke up he was very very cross. He turned to baby balloon and said. "I told you that you are too old now to sleep in our bed and you have disobeyed me. You've let me down, you've let your mother down and worst of all you've let yourself down."

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 4.009
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

Thus I win... :op

By Jo on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 @ 22:30

Q. What's the only thing funnier than a clown? A. A clown with Down's Syndrome.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 83.9286%

The joke's popularity is: 5.225
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

By Jonathan Capps on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 @ 14:38

What's big and small at the same time? A giant egg!

Sorry, Google doesn't laugh at this.

The joke's funniness percentage is: 5.0114%

Google doesn't understand comedy.

By Zagrebo on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 @ 16:53

Nigger farts.

Google laughs!!!

The joke's funniness percentage is: 100.0000%

The joke's popularity is: 3.449
(where 7=super popular, 1=not popular)

By Philip J Reed, VSc on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 @ 21:07

I think this thread has eaten itself.

By Ian on Thursday, March 8, 2007 @ 14:47