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Re:Wolfram Alpha: a shortlived fad by trafficlight on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @03:43PM (#728658)
It was too hard to use. I never knew how to phrase anything properly, so I just gave up on it.
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Re:Wolfram Alpha: a shortlived fad by omouse on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @05:31PM (#728892)
Maybe 'cause it's meant for mathematicians, scientists, and engineers?
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Re:Wolfram Alpha: a shortlived fad by trafficlight on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @05:37PM (#728903)
No, that's not the case at all.

This article hit the nail on the head. http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/wolfram...

For a while (this seems to resolved now) you could enter "one cup of flour" and it would return the nutrition facts as requested. Enter "two cups of flour" and the engine would choke. Would being a mathmatician or a scientist make that problem disappear? No.

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