RE: fantastic tool for TW: Wolfram alpha screencast

[Craig Haiss <craighaiss -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

You could say "Wolfram Alpha provides various views of factual data and calculations based on that data."

So if you want to read extensive text, including news and opinions, try Google. But when you need just the facts, Wolfram Alpha would be the best bet. (Assuming its collection of data is large enough to contain the facts you're looking for.)

Craig Haiss

Blog: Is your help missing vital information?
http://www.helpscribe.com/2009/05/is-your-help-missing-vital-information.html


--- On Fri, 5/15/09, laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com <laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com> wrote:

> From: laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com <laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com>
> Subject: RE: fantastic tool for TW: Wolfram alpha screencast
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 12:30 PM
> It takes forever, but once it loads,
> it's fantastic at something or other.
> Do I ask too much, or could you post a sentence or two
> indicating what it is? The main WolframAlpha site says
> "computational knowledge engine", so I'm looking for a few
> more words than that. ;->
> -Laura



      
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