[agamal007]

Maybe you're the whole Microsoft Office?

[avoran]

Clippy, the Microsoft Office Assistant

The software everybody loved to hate

The Office Assistant was an intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character, which interfaced with the Office help content. It was included in Microsoft Office for Windows (versions 97 to 2003), in Microsoft Publisher (versions 98 to 2003), and Microsoft Office for Mac (versions 98 to 2004).

The default assistant in the English Windows version was named Clippit (though Clippy was its name in versions before Office 2000), after a paperclip. Clippy was the default and by far the most notable Assistant (partly because in many cases the setup CD was required to install the other assistants), which also led to it being called simply the Microsoft Paperclip. The original Clippy in Office 97 was given a new look in Office 2000.

The feature drew a strongly negative response from many users. Microsoft turned off the feature by default in Office XP, acknowledging its unpopularity in an ad campaign spoofing Clippy. The feature was removed altogether in Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac, as it drew criticism from customers and even Microsoft employees.

The default assistant Clippy has been heavily mocked in popular culture, being parodied, memed, and even being made fun of by Microsoft themselves from 2001 onwards.



Some comments on the questions:
3. Paperclips are real objects, but Clippy is virtual.
25. In most people's eyes it's debatable whether Clippy served any function at all. But somebody must have loved him.
27. I believe Clippy was gone before Office went online, but considering the number of times he's been parodied on the internet...
44. Clippy WAS part of a larger software package. But not an "object".
81. Debatable, because 1) Clippy was virtual 2) nobody uses him anymore, if they ever did

Congrats bob zea!

Nice one bob!

[canmus]

Thank you Bob zea

[PinkWorld]

The software everybody loved to hate

Well, this says it all!

Congratulations to bobby

Well done, bob! This means you'll be the first person to host What am I? and Where am I? simultaneously.

[sherlockx]

bob zea discovered in 14 questions that to err is human but to really screw up you need a computer. Bob gets 70 wrz$
avoran tortured you for 105 questions and receives 525 wrz$
bob zea is invited to start the next round by sending me a pm fot the approval of the subject matter.

Thank you Bob zea

I delivered ya'll from your pain.

Thanks all.

Round38

Have fun!

Questions & Answers

1. Are you a (real or otherwise) human? No
2. An object? No
3. Are you a place? No
4. are you an animal? No
5. Can you be touched? No
6. Are you indisputably real (as opposed to fictional, imaginary, virtual, hypothetical or asserted on faith, etc.)? Yes
7. Do you belong to the plant kingdom? No
8. Can u be found in nature? No
9. Are you phenomenon (weather, geological etc) or emotion? No
10. Are you alive? No
11. Can you be easily held in one hand? No (I'll never view that question the same again. )
11a. Do you kill living things??? (Need 4 questions in between posts, so disallowed. Sorry!)
12. Do you make sound. No
13. Are you a concept or an idea? No
14. Are you on Earth? Yes
15. are you an activity? Yes
16. Were you created by human/humans? Yes
17. Are you something that's taught about in science classes? A simple yes or no is not available.
18. Are you connected with sport? No
19. Are you the muscular system? No
20. Is this activity normally done with more than one person involved (like football or sex, for examples)? A simple yes or no is not appropriate.
21. Does this activity normally take place outside? No
22. Are you an activity performed by living things (e.g. humans, animals, plants, bacteria) as opposed to non-living objects (e.g. machines)? Yes
23. Does the activity involve skill? Yes
24. Are you a sport as opposed to just being an activity? No
25. Are you something that is usually done by a large percentage of people? No
26. Was this activity common more than 100 years ago? No
27. Are you something that is pleasant to do? A simple yes or no is inappropriate.
28. Are connected with arts (playing music, singing, theater, cinema, performance)? No
29. Are you associated with physical fitness and well-being? No
30. Does the activity take place inside the home? No
31. Are people engaged in this activity typically paid for it? Yes
32. Does this activity take place inside a building? Yes
33. Are computers normally involved with this activity? Yes
34. Are you a user posting to mobilism? No
35. Are you associated with computer programming? No
36. are you architecture? No
37. are you computer-assisted surgery (CAS), also sometimes referred to as "robotic-assisted surgery"? No
38. Are you DOTA? No
39. Are you computer engineering? No
40. Are computers involved with this activity because they are used to do it? No (as I understand the question) Edit: I changed this answer from Yes to No
41. Is your activity inclined to use images/ graphics, as opposed to numbers? Yes
42. Is your activity generally a collaborative one? No
42a. Are you computer game designing? Need 4 posts in between posts, so disallowed. Sorry!
43. are you a proffesion? Yes
44. Are you a web site designer? No
45. Are you creating digital graphic art? No
46. Are you a program (a movie editor)? No
47. Is the outcome of your work intended mainly for use on the internet? No
48. Are u used to print things? No
49. Are you a Wii console? No
50. I'll try this again , Are you computer game designing? No
51. Are you a computer software program? No
52. Are you computer-aided design (CAD)? No
53. Are you a cartoonist? No
54. Did this profession exist (presumably in another form) before computers? Yes Edit: I changed this answer from No to Yes.
55. Are you digital cinematography? No
56. Are you an online retailer? No
57. Are you DTP artist (operator/artworker)? No
58. Can your job be performed without computers? Yes
59. Are you a blogger? No
60. Do you have a dedicated entry on Wikipedia? Yes
61. Are you photo editing? No
62. Are the products/services (Is the product/service) created by this profession mainly sold to consumers (rather than to companies/individuals/etc. who use them (it) to create something else)? A simple yes or no is not appropriate.
63. Are commercially profitable to invest in? A simple yes or not is not available.
64. Do you interact with people online while doing your activity? A simple yes or no is debatable.
65. Are you fashion design? No
66. Are you an architect (buildings, bridges or maybe another kind of architect like landscaper or internal designer)? No
67. Do the images/graphics in question 41 include video? No
68. Are you an analyst, sketch artist or an accountant? Yes
69. When your job is performed without a computer, are pencil and paper needed? No
70. Are you a facial composite? No
71. I know this is repeating but are you sketch artist? No
72. Are you 3D Design Rendering?? No
73. Are you an analyst? Yes. Actually, the "profession" is analysis, but I haven't been making such a nit-picky distinction here.
74. Are the images/graphics in question 41 of things that would commonly be seen in the real world (as opposed to, say, plans, diagrams, schemas, etc.)? No
75. are you extinct? Nope (that was Lara's round. )
76. Are you a financial analyst? No
77. Are you DNA sequencing? No -- UPDATE: BUT IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH! Pericles, THOU ART THE WINNER!
78. Are you business analyst? No
79. Are you a type of Surveyor? No
80. Does the profession mainly involve designing/planning something? No

Note: I changed the answers to #40 and #54. This profession has evolved to where it relies heavily on computers, but in earlier times, and even now, computers aren't an absolute necessity. The profession has taken off, however, because computers have made it a thousand times more effective. Maybe a hint? I don't know.

[avoran]

Are you a (real or otherwise) human?

[canmus]

An object?

[agamal007]

Are you a place?

[arianayaris]

are you an animal?

Can you be touched?

[avoran]

Are you indisputably real (as opposed to fictional, imaginary, virtual, hypothetical or asserted on faith, etc.)?