Comments on: Wolfram Alpha Goes Live, But Not As Exciting As Would Have Expected http://www.softsailor.com/news/2989-wolfram-alpha-goes-live-but-not-as-exciting-as-would-have-expected.html Technology News, Technology Reviews, Free Software Downloads Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stew http://www.softsailor.com/news/2989-wolfram-alpha-goes-live-but-not-as-exciting-as-would-have-expected.html#comment-1950 Stew Tue, 19 May 2009 21:06:42 +0000 http://www.softsailor.com/?p=2989#comment-1950 WTF whos picture was put as my avatar. Ill kill whoever that guy is. WTF whos picture was put as my avatar. Ill kill whoever that guy is.

]]> By: Stew http://www.softsailor.com/news/2989-wolfram-alpha-goes-live-but-not-as-exciting-as-would-have-expected.html#comment-1949 Stew Tue, 19 May 2009 21:03:43 +0000 http://www.softsailor.com/?p=2989#comment-1949 I have to disagree, I just think you were expecting it to be some special search engine its more of a math engine. But has some cool feature like: *Try putting your IP address in (or someone elses), it shows you who it is registered to, where it is located, plots it on a map, and an exact grip location as well as information about the city it is located in. *You can find current positions of the hubble telescope etc in real time and know its trajectory etc *see where a planet will be *find out stuff about your birthday etc Very handy. Makes fractals, etc. This will be a usefull tool in the future but for now it is mainly reserved for math and science guys. The creator kept trying to tell everyone it is not a search engine and to stop calling it the google killer. Google find answers to your search onother webpages and gives you a list. WolframAlpha computes the actually answer. Still in its infant stages but I think it will get better with time. Its made by mathematicians for other math people. Not kids looking to find myspace. I have to disagree, I just think you were expecting it to be some special search engine its more of a math engine. But has some cool feature like:

*Try putting your IP address in (or someone elses), it shows you who it is registered to, where it is located, plots it on a map, and an exact grip location as well as information about the city it is located in.

*You can find current positions of the hubble telescope etc in real time and know its trajectory etc
*see where a planet will be
*find out stuff about your birthday etc
Very handy.

Makes fractals, etc.

This will be a usefull tool in the future but for now it is mainly reserved for math and science guys. The creator kept trying to tell everyone it is not a search engine and to stop calling it the google killer.

Google find answers to your search onother webpages and gives you a list. WolframAlpha computes the actually answer.

Still in its infant stages but I think it will get better with time. Its made by mathematicians for other math people. Not kids looking to find myspace.

]]> By: Iris Salmins http://www.softsailor.com/news/2989-wolfram-alpha-goes-live-but-not-as-exciting-as-would-have-expected.html#comment-1736 Iris Salmins Sat, 16 May 2009 12:03:25 +0000 http://www.softsailor.com/?p=2989#comment-1736 Yes, I was disappointed also. On the rare occasion that I was able to get a result, it was extremely slow. I suppose they will be improving it in the weeks to come. I think they should have waited before going public. Iris Salmins Collection Agency for the Media Industry Yes, I was disappointed also. On the rare occasion that I was able to get a result, it was extremely slow. I suppose they will be improving it in the weeks to come. I think they should have waited before going public.

Iris Salmins
Collection Agency for the Media Industry

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