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By: Wolfram Alpha â€œFact Engineâ€ is Amazing Stats, At Your Fingertips | Stephen X: A New Kind of Science

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:56:01 +0000

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By: Romeoiv

Romeoiv — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:34:54 +0000

Here is somthing to think about, Try http://www.walfromalpha.com your name, you will be definately be able to tell you are talking to a machine not a database of collected files like google or live.com

By: munge

munge — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:25:19 +0000

“A New Kind of Science (NKS) has made it possible that itâ€™s possible to understand much about the world computationally, often with very simple rules.” Ha! Alpha’s great stuff, but If you watch the video, Wolfram mentions the millions of lines of code in Alpha. He described what happens when you input “50 cent” and the system gets confused. NKS inspired him, sure. But Alpha isn’t based on some small rule set that generates results with some unique efficiency. It’s the definition of bloatware. You’ll never use most of its features. And someone else needs the features that you don’t need. Just like Mathematica or Word for that matter. Besides, NKS isn’t even science. It’s just pompous and has few concrete results to show for itself. The same egomania that lets Wolfram imagine he’s another Newton or Maxwell also lets him think he can curate all the data he needs to commercialize Alpha big time. Bottom line, Alpha’s totally cool, and Wolfram’s a genius, and even geniuses fail.

By: Joe Shea

Joe Shea — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:40:53 +0000

How would I frame this query? How much hydrogen gas by volume is needed to make a given quantity of gasoline vapor burn completely?

By: Wolfram | alpha sfida google

Wolfram | alpha sfida google — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:05:00 +0000

[...] Un motore che potrebbe addirittura minacciare l’egemonia di Google sul web e capace – afferma Wolfram – di “trovare un modo per rendere analizzabile la conoscenza sistematica che abbiamo sin qui [...]

By: wolfram alpha? « il blog di Carlo

wolfram alpha? « il blog di Carlo — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:23:20 +0000

[...] blog – Wolfram Alpha risponde a domande, spesso eseguendo nuovi complessi calcoli.”; trovate su questo blog un elenco delle domande alle quali il futuro motore dovrebbe rispondere, quali “internet [...]

By: Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”

Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine” — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:18:49 +0000

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By: Life is a Mystery » Blog Archive » FFR: WolframAlpha

Life is a Mystery » Blog Archive » FFR: WolframAlpha — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:14:52 +0000

[...] What if a free web site could answer queries like “france fish production” (number of metric tons produced, pounds per second, comparison to NYC trash rate) or “weather princeton, day when kurt godel died”? Would that change your world just a little or be “a stunt that could still end in disaster“? A task that would have been much easier with the semantic web is being carried out in its absence by Wolfram Research. The free WolframAlpha web site is expected next month. Keep an eye out for it. Meanwhile, Joho the Blog provides a liveblog with a few more examples of what WolframAlpha should be able to do. [...]

By: Moonlit Minds « Moonlit Minds

Moonlit Minds « Moonlit Minds — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:41:43 +0000

[...] the Blog Â» [berkman] Stephen Wolfram – WolframAlpha.com – http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/04/28/berkman-stephen-wolfram-wolframalphacom/ Quite interesting interview with S.Wolfram + some info about WolframAlpha. Powered by Fresh From [...]

By: Miro

Miro — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:58:38 +0000

I am totally stoked about this new program it reminds me of the movie war games back in the 80â€™s. I do a lot of verifications for the company I am with so I am hoping it will cut down my research time drastically. I am also interested in all these supposed really cool I.T. tools that are built in. I have created a blog to help other power users discuss and talk about this new toy If you got the time click on by. I will be back to see where this goesâ€¦ askwolframalpha.com