[casefexas]

Not intended to directly compete with Google, the Wolfram engine is almost like the computer "Deep thought" in the hitchhikers guide.

Ask it any question, such as "What is the tallest building in Germany?" and it will try to get the answer for you. Pretty cool, though the official debut is a few days away.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html

Also try Wolfram MathWorld!

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Aleph-0.html [thumbup]

[Frannypaync]

Eh...I think this already exists, it's called wikipedia :P

[goatteatromiag]

It's horribly slow and doesn't work to well.

[casefexas]

It's horribly slow and doesn't work to well.

Well the site hasn't officially been launched yet. Anyone who uses it right now is peeking under the covers before the unveiling. [yes]

[Nypbscao]

Funny bit http://www78.wolframalpha.com/input/...den+swallow%3F

[ViaplyVuple]

Not intended to directly compete with Google, the Wolfram engine is almost like the computer "Deep thought" in the hitchhikers guide.

Ask it any question, such as "What is the tallest building in Germany?" and it will try to get the answer for you. Pretty cool, though the official debut is a few days away.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html

Also try Wolfram MathWorld!

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Aleph-0.html [thumbup]

Google

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what%27s+the+ta...ing+in+germany

Ask.com

http://www.ask.com/web?q=what%27s+th...c=19&o=0&l=dir

Newbie
http://www11.wolframalpha.com/input/...+in+Germany%3F


looks like the newbie sucks

[casefexas]

Google

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what%27s+the+ta...ing+in+germany

Ask.com

http://www.ask.com/web?q=what%27s+th...c=19&o=0&l=dir

Newbie
http://www11.wolframalpha.com/input/...+in+Germany%3F


looks like the newbie sucks

I would probably have said that the newbie still has weaknesses.

This engine is not really designed to give you whole pages of things to choose from based on popularity. Its more for giving you direct answers to direct questions, as in PyroTeknik's example.

Since it has not even "opened for business" yet, whats there is pretty promising. I guess that like Google, its going to sometimes be how you phrase the question that determines how direct an answer you get.

[VIAGRA-]

it isn't economicially feasible because of the processing cost

[casefexas]

it isn't economicially feasible because of the processing cost

I guess we will see.

[Angry White American]

Every question I asked, Came up with "dont know what to do with your input"

Ranging from valid questions about health, science etc, to "will I get a shag off the missus if i hassle her tonight?"

Fail Engine is fail

[topcasinobonua]

Every question I asked, Came up with "dont know what to do with your input"

Ranging from valid questions about health, science etc, to "will I get a shag off the missus if i hassle her tonight?"

Fail Engine is fail

Yup, pure fail. It couldn't even tell me how many hotdogs come in a package.

[Opperioav]

It's quick at calculations, but then so is my calculator.

However, my calculator doesn't give me this much info:


443 undecillion, 426 decillion, 488 nonillion, 243 octillian, 37 septillian, 769 sextillian, 948 quintillion, 249 quadrillion, 630 trillion, 619 billion, 149 million, 892 thousand and 803.

That's a big number. [thumbup]

[casefexas]

http://www06.wolframalpha.com/screen...framalpha.html

You are right, it could be epic fail, but it looks pretty darn powerful to me!

[Frannypaync]

Wasn't there some other search engine that was supposed to be better than google but actually infact sucked because it couldn't even find the URL to my website even when I searched for the URL

[VIAGRA-]

Wasn't there some other search engine that was supposed to be better than google but actually infact sucked because it couldn't even find the URL to my website even when I searched for the URL

Cuil

I've googled "search engine fail" to find it because I couldn't remember it either. It worked

[casefexas]

Wasn't there some other search engine that was supposed to be better than google but actually infact sucked because it couldn't even find the URL to my website even when I searched for the URL

http://www.cuil.com/ Still out there and still plugging away. I don't think this new one is aimed at the same type of search at all.

[Frannypaync]

Cuil

I've googled "search engine fail" to find it because I couldn't remember it either. It worked

lol and it still cannot find my site!

[sposteTipsKage]

Unfortunately, the cynic in me will just look at Wolfram projects and then look at this one - all talk, no real content/use/point...

[Wrencytet]

Unfortunately, the cynic in me will just look at Wolfram projects and then look at this one - all talk, no real content/use/point...

Well... except for that Ph. D. dissertation of his. ...And Mathematica.

[sposteTipsKage]

I'm not questioning his personal achievements in physics/mathematics nor Mathematica (it's a commercially sound product, although it isn't that amazing), but MathWorld and ScienceWorld can only be described as being weak at best - it's the web-based products that WR seem to have biggest problems with.