Tim, Thanks for the response. i'll have to noodle on that one. Off the top of my head, i'm usually in this loop
- Initially, usually badly formulated question - Get information sources - Reformulate question - Loop So, i don't really see much difference between the two, except by use. i will think about it, though. Best wishes, --greg On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Timothy Perrett <timo...@getintheloop.eu>wrote: > > Hey Greg, > > Im not sure that drawing comparisons to google is right? IMO, they > dont do the same job...? I see why one would see similarities, but > isnt google's purpose to find the sources of information, where as > wolfram's aim is to provide an objective set of answers based on > "human" input; > > http://www.wolframalpha.com/about.html > > Cheers, Tim > > On Jun 11, 7:14 pm, Meredith Gregory <lgreg.mered...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tim, > > > > Could you enlighten me on the coolness of Wolfram Alpha? My initial > forays > > and comparison to Google were depressingly unfavorable, but excellent if > > you're looking for some humor. See the summary below. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > --greg > > > > My standard test of a search engine: polyadic pi-calculus > > Google result: first hit is the Edinburgh tutorial prepared by Milner, > still > > the best reference > > Wolfram Alpha: "*Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input. > > Related inputs to try: pi.*" > > > > This test, by the way, should be right in W|A's sweet spot. > > > > My next test: phred weasley > > Google result: Did you mean: *fred* > > weasley< > http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en.. > .>and > > then several links to Harry Potter > > W|A result: "*Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input. > Related > > inputs to try: Wesley.*" > > > > My next test: fred weasley > > Google result: the top Harry Potter sites > > W|A result: > > > > Interpreting "weasley" as "wesley" > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Assuming Fred (female) | Use Fred > > > (male)<javascript:applyAssumption(1,'*DPClash.GivenNameE.fred-_*FredUnitedS > tatesMaleName-')>instead > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Input interpretation:[image: Fred (female given name) | Wesley (male > given > > name)] > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Latest information for US births:[image: | Fred | Wesley\nrank | 985th > > (1929) | 194th (2008)\nfraction | 1 in 21277 people (0.0047%) (1929) | 1 > in > > 1058 people (0.094%) (2008)\nnumber | 54 people per year (1929) | 2033 > > people per year (2008)] > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > History for US births:Log > > > scale<javascript:asynchronousPod('pod.jsp?id=MSP41119646i0hb5a62fg000004fe2 > 11d660aid2aa&s=61',%20'0300','fred+weasley','',0)> > > > More<javascript:asynchronousPod('pod.jsp?id=MSP41219646i0hb5a62fg0000058i05 > 06e54df6b4e&s=61',%20'0300','fred+weasley','',0)> > > Fraction:[image: Fraction] > > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Timothy Perrett > > <timo...@getintheloop.eu>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Ty, > > > > > Essentially the wolfram API is a REST / XMLRPC hybrid, so my plan is > > > to model a scala abstraction around Apache HTTP (similar to the paypal > > > integration) - speaking of which, i might actually abstract some of > > > the common factories out of lift-paypal into lift-util if applicable. > > > > > The interesting challenge will be that with wolfram, it can return a > > > whole bunch of things, they could be graphs, text, sound - so i'll > > > need some abstract way of making that presentable - perhaps some > > > decoupled thing with a core communication group, then some lift > > > specific abstractions for hooking into bind() or something... > > > > > I've not figured it out yet in my head, so any thoughts are most > > > welcome. > > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > > On Jun 11, 6:16 pm, TylerWeir <tyler.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sounds cool, I agree that there is much awesome in Alpha. > > > > > > How do you see this integration planning out? > > > > > > On Jun 11, 12:02 pm, Timothy Perrett <timo...@getintheloop.eu> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hey chaps, > > > > > > > Im going to start work on integration with the wolfram alpha engine > > > > > that i've of late become most obsessed with as its the coolest > thing > > > > > since sliced bread...http://www.wolframalpha.com/ > > > > > > > New branch here: > > >http://github.com/dpp/liftweb/tree/wip-tim-wolframalpha > > > > > > > Anyone else in the commit team interested in working on this with > me? > > > > > > > Cheers, Tim > > > > -- > > L.G. 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