[ExI] WOFRAM APLHA

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 13:25:10 UTC 2009


On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm skeptical of anything that claims to be the new _something that already
> exists_.
> dude 1: "It's like sliced bread, only better... because the slices go in
> another dimension"
> dude 2: "Isn't that just another kind of sliced bread?"
> dude 1: "No, this is awesomer... 'cuz it's new."

:-)

> WolframAlpha is no doubt high profile (with status and funding to match).
> However, these guys have also been at it for a while:
> http://www.trueknowledge.com/

I am usually fond of Wolfram ideas and projects, but I cannot really
say that I could understand what Alpha is really about, besides
buzzwords, innuendos and hype.

-- 
Stefano Vaj



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