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Re:Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- and It Could be as Important a... by sketerpot on Sunday March 08, 2009 @04:04PM (#507478)
On the other hand, Mathematica is pretty cool. Wolfram is a clever guy with a lot of money. That's worth something.
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Re:Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- and It Could be as Important a... by spot on Monday March 09, 2009 @10:57AM (#508463)
mathematica is a reimplementation of similar systems that were already proven to work. alpha is a reimplementation of similar systems that were proven not to work.
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Re:Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- and It Could be as Important a... by raganwald on Monday March 09, 2009 @12:04PM (#508578)
Ah, the "witty put down" at its finest! While nothing of this sort has worked to date, the same could have been said of powered flight on December 16, 1903. In any event... Thanks for making me smile :-)
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