16 May 2009

it's here

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No. Seriously. I asked it for the answer to life, the universe and everything, and it got it right in a nanosecond.

[42]

6 comments:

  1. Thanks, I'll check out later need an early start today in the Central Valley.
    jo6pac

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  2. But we already knew that...

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  3. No, but it's up and happening now... for everyone... not just the few who got the beta....

    Go ask it whatever pops into your head.

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  4. I just tried and got a message saying: "Sorry Dave, I can't do that." (Too many users message.)

    I tried again later and asked it: "Why are we born just to suffer and die?"
    It answered: "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input."

    Amazing!

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  5. I think everybody is going crazy on it and overloading their capabilities. It would have brought up information on Buddha if it wasn't straining just now. I ain't kidding. I entered "answer to life, universe, everything" and it immediately came up with "42", with cite. So I'm certain it would have come up with a cite from, say, Siddartha if things were cooking. I was in the middle of doing queries on dates when it froze up on me, so I'm pretty sure it's just everybody playing simultaneously that's making it obtuse today.

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  6. For half an instant I was surprised at the personalized error message. :)

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