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Test Driving the Wolfram Alpha

Posted by kdawson on from the know-what-i-know-if-you-know-what-i-mean dept.

SilverMind writes in to note a blog entry at Byte Size Biology describing in detail a few hours spent with Wolfram Alpha (which we have discussed before). "After playing around with Wolfram Alpha for a few hours, I can safely say the following: it's different, it's incomplete, it's idiosyncratic, and it's funky cool. And no, it will not dethrone Google, nor does it aim to do so."

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  1. finally by suricatta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe we can get the difinitive answer for the meaning of life? :)

  2. What's the point? by glwtta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Am I the only one getting a little sick of all these "Oh look there's so much buzz around Wolfram Alpha! Really, you are all very excited about it!" previews/sneak-peeks/tidbits/etc?

    Until I can actual use it, I have exactly zero interest in this thing. Is there really any reason to propagate the marketing drivel?

    --
    sic transit gloria mundi
  3. Re:Video of Alpha in action by Ragzouken · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there a reason you restricted your screen capture video to certain countries?

  4. Re:Video of Alpha in action by operator_error · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Recently in the New York Times, there is an article about how YouTube is segmenting its reach, because it is expensive to stream their media to developing nations, that fail to return costs back to Yahoo in the form of advertising rates/revenue.

    "In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit"
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html