Bing Is Only Mostly Useless

"Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy" (camshaft-chris)
09/29/2017 at 09:59 • Filed to: Thanks bing, Background, driving road, Ticino, Switzerland

I don’t normally care for Bing, but man, they do know how to find some background images... Look at that road along the edge of the lake on the left. I would love to cruise down that.

DISCUSSION (41)

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:02

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-never-use-bing-search-1818917201

Nibby > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:04

their maps are pretty good actually, some of their views are better than google’s

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:05

If you’re a Chrome user, Momentum is similar, although doesn’t feature any good driving roads.

DipodomysDeserti > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:06

I took a bus through that area once past Lake Lugano on my way to Florence. It was absolutely beautiful.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 10:10

Lol, obviously I’m not the only one that thinks this! Nice!

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
09/29/2017 at 10:11

It’s a work computer, so I can’t change it, lol. I might have to check that out for my laptop though.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nibby
09/29/2017 at 10:16

Birds Eye is awesome.

CalzoneGolem > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:19

True fact: Bing is the intentionally the best search engine for adult content

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:22

Started using Bing for some of my search stuff and there daily stuff to earn Microsoft points that I can trade for Xbox money. Sort of worth it I guess

Nibby > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 10:24

so are yours ;)

Cé hé sin > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:24

Recognises corrie lake from dimly remembered geography lessons.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nibby
09/29/2017 at 10:28

awww.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:31

I use the bing pictures lockscreen setting on my home computer, they have a great library.

Nibby > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 10:37

Kinja'd!!!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nibby
09/29/2017 at 10:40

...

wow. um...

Please tell me that’s edited

Nibby > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 10:42

nope

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 10:44

It’s a little customizable (more options if you pay) so mine looks like this.

Kinja'd!!!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Nibby
09/29/2017 at 10:45

...that’s disturbing.

I’m just going to assume you were only commenting on things relevant to my interests this morning

Nibby > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 10:46

i’ve only commented on your posts and the daily music thing on the FP as usual

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:11

I just made this same post - ha! http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-never-use-bing-search-1818917201 Can you send me the link to that image? I can’t seem to find it.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
09/29/2017 at 11:11

Pretty funny.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > CalzoneGolem
09/29/2017 at 11:13

How does one come about learning that fact?

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
09/29/2017 at 11:15

Wait, what? You can do that? Never heard of that, lol. I guess I might need to start just spamming Bing with searches. Gotta get some XBL credits for all that Forza DLC that will inevitably be coming in the next month or two.

Nibbles > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:17

By being an adult and searching for content.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
09/29/2017 at 11:17

I’m seeing that. I had my own photo rotation set for my home computer, but I can’t really do much like that with my work computer. And I only recently got the upgrade to Windows 10 on this thing, so this is a nice new experience.

CalzoneGolem > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:20

There was a gawker article one time I can’t find.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/bing-porn-search-engine/

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
09/29/2017 at 11:22

Very nice. Mountain shots are my favorite. Does Momentum tell you anything about where the photo was taken?

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/29/2017 at 11:24

Yea, one of the first comments on here was a link to your post, hahaha! That was an awesome shot. I haven’t had that one come around yet.

Link: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ticino%2C+Switzerland&p1=[MustShow%20Service=”BingQA”%20Scenario=”Encyclopedia”%20Position=”TOP”%20Slot=”0"]&filters=IsConversation%3a%22True%22+BTEPKey:%22Encyclo_749%22&FORM=EMSARS

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:25

Most of the photos have a location in the bottom left corner.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:41

Fur sure, I mean it will take a long time to earn points but if you are doing searches anyway might be worth looking into. Can earn 30 a day for searches and some bonus points daily for checking.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:51

Made me laugh. That link isn’t working for me - weird... Figured everyone got the same image every day.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 11:56

Found it on 500px. =)

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Nibbles
09/29/2017 at 13:27

The logic in this is astounding.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
09/29/2017 at 13:35

Nice. I’ll definitely have to get on that then. Thanks for the info!

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/29/2017 at 13:37

Stupid link... And no, it varies from computer to computer. Within my office, I don’t think I’ve seen the images repeated at all. Granted, I don’t go around looking at everyone’s lock screens throughout the day, but still, lol.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
09/29/2017 at 13:38

Now you can use Google Image Search to find the higher resolution. XD

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 13:41

Haha!

Nibbles > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy
09/29/2017 at 14:13

I get that a lot