Hmm… needs work.>________________________________
From: Neil White
Subject: [SDL] http://www97.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=SDL
Hmm… needs work.
It sure does. It can’t even tell me how many testicles Franco had.
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Patryk Bratkowski wrote:> ----- Original Message ----
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Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:04:33 PM
Subject: Re: [SDL] http://www97.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=SDLHmm… needs work.
It sure does. It can’t even tell me how many testicles Franco had.
[OT]
Good luck to Steve, heh. wolframalpha is disturbingly obsessed
with financial information. Guess it knows where the bread is
buttered.
Sucking up to finance people is not a bad strategy, after all
companies like LexisNexis already have law sewn up. All the
parasitical professions can do with another level of parasites. I
wonder what you can do for insurance people, then?
Does it talk about airports because it’s a three-letter acronym?
If you plug in ‘sdl’ lowercase, it goes straight to SDL
International’s financials on the London Stock Exchange. I think
Steve wants to sell it as the search engine for finance people;
also to sell more Mathematica to finance people so that they can
mess up civilization some more.
Yet another product grossly over-hyped by tech journalists.
–
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A powerful tool in the hands of the ignorant can be very dangerous 
JeffOn Monday 18 May 2009 21:14, KHMan wrote:
also to sell more Mathematica to finance people so that they can
mess up civilization some more.
Mason Wheeler wrote:
Hmm… needs work.
Really? Are you guys expecting it to give you the (lib)SDL website or
something? I think you’ve missed the point ;).
2009/5/19 Tim Angus
Mason Wheeler wrote:
Hmm… needs work.
Really? Are you guys expecting it to give you the (lib)SDL website or
something? I think you’ve missed the point ;).depends on your definition of doing no evil
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+libSDL%3F compared with
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+word%3F
Bah. http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.
MakOn Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Neil White wrote:
2009/5/19 Tim Angus
Mason Wheeler wrote:
Hmm… needs work.
Really? Are you guys expecting it to give you the (lib)SDL website or
something? I think you’ve missed the point ;).depends on your definition of doing no evil
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+libSDL%3F compared with
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+word%3F
SDL mailing list
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LoL ?
Try something easier, like “pi^2 / 6” maybe …
— En date de?: Mer 20.5.09, Mak Naze?i?-Andrlon a ?crit?
Mak Naze?i?-Andrlon
Objet: Re: [SDL] http://www97.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=SDL
?: “A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)”
Date: Mercredi 20 Mai 2009, 13h34
Bah. http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.
Mak
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Neil White wrote:
2009/5/19 Tim Angus
Mason Wheeler wrote:
Hmm… needs work.
Really? Are you guys expecting it to give you the (lib)SDL website or
something? I think you’ve missed the point ;).depends on your definition of doing no evil
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+libSDL%3F compared with
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+word%3F
SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org
SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org
Ambitious?
“We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every
known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute
whatever can be computed about anything.”
Sounds like a Google April Fool’s joke. I’m not convinced if it
doesn’t know Maxwell’s Equations.
I doubt WolframAlpha will ever even make it to WolframBeta
Jonny D
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.
Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
I’d be scared if the response was “Let there be light!”.On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Brian Raiter wrote:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
? ?Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
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Try this:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+do+you+knowOn 20/5/2009, “Pavel Dudrenov” wrote:
I’d be scared if the response was “Let there be light!”.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Brian Raiter wrote:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
? ?Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
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But the response shouldn’t be ‘Let there be light!’! Not yet!On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Pavel Dudrenov wrote:
I’d be scared if the response was “Let there be light!”.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Brian Raiter wrote:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
? ?Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
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That’s why I said that I’d be scared if it was.On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM, max wrote:
But the response shouldn’t be ‘Let there be light!’! Not yet!
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Pavel Dudrenov <@Pavel_Dudrenov> wrote:
I’d be scared if the response was “Let there be light!”.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Brian Raiter wrote:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
? ?Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
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They should probably include this easter egg. Too … appropriate to ignore.
Of course, I mean the ‘Insufficient data for meaningful response’ response.On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Pavel Dudrenov wrote:
That’s why I said that I’d be scared if it was.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM, max <@sparkymat> wrote:
But the response shouldn’t be ‘Let there be light!’! Not yet!
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Pavel Dudrenov wrote:
I’d be scared if the response was “Let there be light!”.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Brian Raiter wrote:
http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+can+the+net+entropy+of+the+universe+be+massively+decreased%3F
was a disappointment.Oh, I don’t know. When I do it, I get:
? ?Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.
That’s awfully close to “Insufficient data for meaningful response”.
b
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