Comments on: 9½ things Wolfram Alpha doesn’t know

By: big_D

big_D — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:43:19 +0000

Asking about population growth or average summer temperature in London for the last 100 years totally confused it

By: Antony

Antony — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:59:44 +0000

Afraid this article says more about the so called journalist than it does the potential of WolframAlpha. Hope he’s not paid to write this rubbish!!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:52:46 +0000

Okay, so we all know that the cult of the celebrity means being a bit of a twonk form time to time, but surely DGS is proving his lack of competence as a reporter rather thoroughly here? Get rid of it, PcPro, and pay a salary to someone who is capable of rational thought.

By: Lise

Lise — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:54:47 +0000

….but it does know how many roads a man must walk down.

http://www36.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+roads+must+a+man+walk+down%3F

By: David

David — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:37:54 +0000

Oh, please. There’s no faster way to reveal the boundless limits of human stupidity than to present ordinary people with an extraordinary tool. How about reading your own colleague’s rather thoughtful post on the subject: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/05/18/the-people-vs-wolfram-alpha/

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:47:15 +0000

It doesn’t know how many holes it takes to fill The Albert Hall. Come on, I though that would be common knowledge by now.

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