Today a new search engine was launched with lots of hoopla....Wolfram Alpha (www.wolframalpha.com)
I'm not that impressed yet. I asked it:
What is the Muqata blog?
Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input.
Who writes the Muqata Blog?
Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input.
Who is Jameel at the Muqata?
Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input.
Related inputs to try:
Food:
* nutritional information: Jameel
Animals:
* information about an animal: eel
My last question: simply, "Muqata"
It's answer: Interpreting "muqata" as "buqata"
Oh well. I'll keep checking back once in a while.
Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד
8 comments:
On the upside it does know the answer to the universe, why the chicken crossed the road and 88mph.
It can also give you a detailed report on the nutritional value of waffles.
it is also too hard and too long a name to remember quickly
I played with this yesterday. I tried "common cold." I tried "remedies common cold." I tried "what are remedies for the common cold." Nothing useful.
Terrible name- sounds like a law firm or something that should be tied into physics.
The Wolfram Alpha theory posits that if the weight and velocity of a waffle are equal to....
I even tried Wolfram's *own* suggestion: I typed in my birthday Aug 10, 1943. He correctly identified it as a Tisha B'av; but then added: Observances (Israel): No official holidays or major observances.
Not ready for prime time...
Leora, were you inspired to try "common cold" because of Wolfram's evident head-cold? [Why else would they interpret "muqata" as "buqata"?
"Doh, doh! Dot 'buqata'; 'buqata'!"
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