Robert Munn wrote:
It's just a big number-crunching engine.
And I think having access to a big number-crunching engine that has
direct access to a wide variety of numerical data stores to crunch would
be a handy thing,.
I am a bit disappointed that it seems to not be starting out with such
I wonder how much of the internet Google was able to search the first
week after it launched?
IIRC Google kinda just appeared on the scene. Worked ok, but didn't
return many results at first.
I think I preferred AltaVista at the time...
I do know that when Google launched there wasn't a huge
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Ian S wrote:
Robert Munn wrote:
It's just a big number-crunching engine.
And I think having access to a big number-crunching engine that has
direct access to a wide variety of numerical data stores to crunch would
be a handy thing,.
I am a bit
My thoughts on Wolfram:
http://blog.emergentpath.com/index.cfm?mode=entryentry=64E603E9-EF2C-A0EF-45F353D4EE04D1C5
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Robert Munn cfmuns...@gmail.com wrote:
Sure, it's a handy thing, a very handy thing, but it has significant
limits. I'll have a blog post on it
Robert Munn wrote:
Sure, it's a handy thing, a very handy thing, but it has significant limits.
I'll have a blog post on it shortly...
No doubt. I think they tried a little too hard with the interface. A
little too much web 2.0 newishness without enough usability testing to
make sure it
Robert Munn wrote:
My thoughts on Wolfram:
http://blog.emergentpath.com/index.cfm?mode=entryentry=64E603E9-EF2C-A0EF-45F353D4EE04D1C5
And my thought on your thoughts:
http://blog.emergentpath.com/index.cfm/2009/5/21/Why-Wolfram-Alpha-will-not-change-the-world#comments
I opined on both your commentary.
2009/5/21 Ian Skinner h...@ilsweb.com
Robert Munn wrote:
My thoughts on Wolfram:
http://blog.emergentpath.com/index.cfm?mode=entryentry=64E603E9-EF2C-A0EF-45F353D4EE04D1C5
And my thought on your thoughts:
Vivec wrote:
I opined on both your commentary.
I sense possible, just maybe that Mr. Vivec is does not care to take the
discussion seriously.
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Judah McAuley wrote:
It's an interesting idea but of severely limited utility so far.
I think that is the biggest question. Can it consume enough data fast
enough before users start abandon it for not answering the questions
they want answered.
It seems to be pretty good for pure math based
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Ian Sk wrote:
Judah McAuley wrote:
It's an interesting idea but of severely limited utility so far.
I think that is the biggest question. Can it consume enough data fast
enough before users start abandon it for not answering the questions
they want
This is one of the cooler things I have tried today:
speed of light in miles per second/circumference of the earth
Which tells me that light can circle the earth 7.480778 times per second.
CNet also gave me the easter egg of searching for the Meaning of Life
but as easter eggs go, I think
I haven't figured out a good question to ask it yet
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Ian Skinner h...@ilsweb.com wrote:
This is one of the cooler things I have tried today:
speed of light in miles per second/circumference of the earth
Which tells me that light can circle the earth 7.480778
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Dana dana.tier...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't figured out a good question to ask it yet
I've been disappointed so far. I asked it questions that I really
think it ought to be able to figure out like median income broken down
by racial classification in Oregon
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