WA appears to me to be a good addition to the arsenal of search engines,
with its strengths (math-dependent stuff) and weaknesses. I tried "what is
the distance between Katmandu and Bangalore" and found the precise answer
plus lots of relevant data as a result. Very good at some things. Just
don't ask it questions about unusual things or matters of judgment. (01)
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>
> Jon,
>
> That is the most frequent answer you get from it:
>
> > "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input."
>
> That is why it is an alpha-level system.
>
> John
>
>
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