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So far, unless you ask it the "right" question in the "right" way, that Wolfram Alpha thing has proven to be pretty useless. -- nm

Posted by Cuzzin Todd (aka cuzzintodd) May 17 '09, 11:55

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"Perhaps the oddest thing about Wolfram|Alpha is that the text that appears in query results is not text at all, but is in fact made up of dynamically - mara May 17, 12:16 1
- most answers give you the option to get plain text with a click. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 12:21
Maybe you are just not smart enough to ask the right question - Wolfram Alpha si May 17, 11:56 3
- "do i like cheese" seemed like a pretty easy to answer question. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 17, 12:03
- Bullshit! -- nm - Neo May 17, 12:02 1
  - actually, that's *exactly* what it's like. I'll just call it The Architect now -- nm - dug May 17, 12:03
it's sort of like Zork: The Search Engine - Reagen May 17, 11:56 4
- It does provide some interesting stuff at times... once you've figured out how to ask. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 17, 12:13 1
  - the best way seems to be to start off as simple as possible and then build up from there. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 12:17
- you rang? - zork May 17, 12:03
- Open mailbox. -- nm - David May 17, 12:03

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