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Re: Wolfram Alpha - Impressions On Launch
« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2009, 02:38 AM »
An an aside: How about someone make us a farr alias to search wolfram alpha?

as requested by mouser. you can get the alias here.

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Re: Wolfram Alpha - Impressions On Launch
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2009, 04:54 PM »
Fred Langa gives it a try.

http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2009/05/wolfram-alpha-not-ready-for-prime-time.html
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Re: Wolfram Alpha - Impressions On Launch
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2009, 08:38 PM »
I'm *so* sick of the constant comparisons to Google. I'm almost prepared to go so far as to say these people are actually *stupid*, but perhaps they're just a little dense. Sure the mainstream media is constantly telling us Wolfram|Alpha is a threat to Google, but *everyone else* knows, and is telling you, that's not the case. Anyone incapable of understanding what Wolfram|Alpha is and how it works should keep a plug in their pie hole.

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Re: Wolfram Alpha - Impressions On Launch
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2009, 09:48 AM »
Yeah, it's silly it's being hyped up as a google killer.

It's still in beta, and it's definitely an interesting project. I mean, come on, it can do stuff that google can't :)
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Re: Wolfram Alpha - Impressions On Launch
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2009, 11:07 AM »
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Anyone incapable of understanding what Wolfram|Alpha is and how it works should keep a plug in their pie hole.


I think that would result in one hell of a lot of plugged pie holes.
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