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To: nickcarraway
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...

Or ask this one.... How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?

If you happen to not know where you're at, it will tell you.

Then there's the age old question: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Wolfram even knows the answer to the question on life, the universe and everything.

I've only seen this happen once:



12 posted on 05/18/2009 11:27:06 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Wait, it's based on the same technology as KITT from Knight Rider?
13 posted on 05/18/2009 11:29:01 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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