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    That doesn't sound right. How would the engine know if the shown answer is 100% belonging to your question? BS imho.
    I can get a fast answer in google too if i phrase the question right.

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    names too long to type

    hell, google is to long to type

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xente View Post
    names too long to type

    hell, google is to long to type
    Pressing the mousewheel would be alright

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    also, bodybuilders donīt eat healthy

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    If you put it in your toolbar you don't have to type it every time. Google is my homepage so i just click home most of the time, don't use toolbar as much. As for this new search engine, it does sound good but like MrTingTing said not very likely it will always be right.

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    Hmmmm yeah I use Wolfram Mathematica's Online Integrator for impossible calculus problems but I wouldn't search based on that. I mean they're like famous of making cool math computer things yet they've noted that they are having human eyes look at things.
    So it's just kind of contradictory to me. Stick to what you know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fullmetal View Post
    I have all my favorite sites memorized
    Google is a cooler name than Wolfram Alpha
    Wolfram Alpha sounds like a type of disease
    If they make pr0n easier to find then i'm happy. Anything else and i'll use google.

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    Wolfram Alpha.

    It's either a cosplay porno or a new shooter.

    Bad choice of name d00ds.

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    I'm putting this thing through its paces when it's released.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Serix View Post
    Wolfram Alpha.

    It's either a cosplay porno or a new shooter.

    Bad choice of name d00ds.
    That's exactly what I thought lol.

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    http://www.wolframalpha.com/screenca...framalpha.html

    Doesn't look half bad now that i'm looking at it. We'll find out tommorow.

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    I agree it's just a weird name that only nerdy gamers would take a look into.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justsin View Post
    http://www.wolframalpha.com/screenca...framalpha.html

    Doesn't look half bad now that i'm looking at it. We'll find out tommorow.
    Wow, imo that video was actually really impressive.

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    How is this a search engine when it says "computational knowledge engine" ...?
    Its rival is wikipedia, not google.

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    If it is what you said, then it is a new Ontology type search engine being developed by a company named Halo (yes like the game) they are trying to combine ontology with natural language for the program/engine to understand questions and actual subjects. I highly doubt it is them since they have only gotten to teach the program to understand physics, chem and bio (it passed the AP tests averaging about a 4 I think) which was done by reading the actual questions. Anywho I doubt it will be as good as that but we never know.

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    It will fail even if its awesome, because the internet is afraid of change.

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