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Wolfram Alpha: A New Kind of Search Engine
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 19, 2009 | David Sarno

Posted on 05/18/2009 11:10:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

great. one more step and the dumbing down will be complete.


21 posted on 05/18/2009 11:49:06 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the machines will break.)
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To: exist

You mean those weird pictures that come up aren’t you?


22 posted on 05/18/2009 11:56:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Ask Wolfram about the average speed of an unladen swallow (doesn’t matter if it’s African or not), and Wolfram will give you the non-answer you’re looking for. It even cites the source...

Amusing.

And if I ask what is the speed of a 747, it gives up (although, it does know who makes the airplane and how many have been built).

If I ask it about BOS DFW, it coughs up a few semi-interesting interesting facts. However, if I present the same query to Google, I get actionable information.

The mission is to organize the world's information. Some players are ahead of others. The more the merrier!

23 posted on 05/18/2009 11:58:14 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: TheWasteLand
It's a search engine for people who think "google" isn't a stupid enough name for a search engine?

There were those who said, "Huh?". And there were those who said, "They can't spell! What's wrong with our schools! ... Um, maybe their lawyers advised them to misspell the word so it would make a stronger trademark!!"

And there were those, such as cynwoody, who typed in queries more simply than usual (remember altavista?) and got answers more quickly than usual and never looked back.

24 posted on 05/19/2009 12:26:59 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: nickcarraway

bookmark


25 posted on 05/19/2009 12:49:14 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: cynwoody
Now try it with Wolfram.

how many quarters per ounce

Sux.

26 posted on 05/19/2009 1:01:50 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: TheWasteLand

Ha, I thought it was an outstanding reference.


27 posted on 05/19/2009 1:28:39 AM PDT by kenth
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Not impressed so far...it looks to be a glorified version of the Google calculate function...the press/Drudge was touting it as a “Google-Killer” and it isn’t even a search engine!! Wolfram refers you out to Google, Yahoo or Live for Web results. I can’t even get “Where is the Space Shuttle” to work right!


28 posted on 05/19/2009 2:05:36 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Drago

Likewise, I am not impressed.


29 posted on 05/19/2009 4:51:07 AM PDT by cranked
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