Comments on: 10 tips to harness the hidden potential of Wolfram Alpha

By: Vincent Chrisitan

Vincent Chrisitan — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:09:42 +0000

I consider myself to be web-site savvy, but I never heard of this site until now—it’s awesome. After doing some research I found out there is an Wolfram Alpha App for the Iphone! This is a must-have tool for anyone who is enamored with the world of math, or simply intellectually curious. Thanks for this post.

By: Jeff Morgan

Jeff Morgan — Sat, 07 May 2011 14:00:14 +0000

Hi,

This is really interesting, the ability to calculate so many things from just one application is great. Will definitely look at this in detail. Thanks for providing such a useful review!

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By: dario

dario — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:19:41 +0000

re: unemployment rates I agree, all these comparisons should be taken at face value. I anticipate that more and more people will start quoting and referring to Alpha's output as an authoritative source nevertheless. People will assume its sources have been carefully vetted and its computations are reliable, even when in reality they are not. re: wikimedia foundation data No, that doesn't count as user-submitted (at least not in the sense I was referring to in my post). W|A has been using Wikipedia from the beginning as a source of information for individuals, such as Barack Obama. Using Wikipedia as a reliable source in a computational knowledge engine will lead to interesting results indeed...

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:49:36 +0000

Oh, and amidst all those sources, I read “wikimedia foundation”. Is that a user-submitted page?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:45:14 +0000

That’s really interesting. I’m just wondering: say I’d like to compare unemployment rates. Different countries/organizations use different definitions for “unemployment” (e.g. # of weeks of active job search). How do I know if the data are comparable? I guess I should look at the sources.

Just try it. Follow the link, click on “Source information”, and then “Background sources and reference”.