[dba-Tech] OT: Wolfram|Alpha

John,

I'm guessing that in future W|A will be modified to show more external
links if it can't quite figure out what one is asking.

Steve Erbach

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> It is very powerful but one must also state the question very specifically
> or it returns "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input."
>
> "How many ounces in a shot glass" needs clarification - "How many ounces in
> a shot" returns the answer "1 oz."
>
> It does seem to learn though. "How many ounces in a shot glass" now returns
> a link: "did you mean _How many ounces in a shot_"
>
> Their "Tips for good results >" link is helpful but is broke in IE7, can't
> close it nor copy and paste from it.
>
> Moses date of birth returns an answer, I'm just guessing it's in the Hebrew
> calendar date...
>
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>
> Hi Steve (switched channel)
>
> Yes, it is slow.
> However, the knowledge of this incredible machine has limits, though hard to
> believe.
> I'm a bit proud I found one item it doesn't know of: Cartesian (product or
> join). That is somewhat weird, as this is well-known in mathematics:
>