George Rebane
WolframAlpha launches this afternoon with a live webcast (more here). Wolfram Research’s knowledge computing engine, the new internet phenom, will launch after 5pm PDT. RR readers were made aware of this leap forward for online re/search here.
Some worthwhile remarks from down under on Australia’s new budget – recall that their current prime minister is the ‘proud to be a socialist’ Kevin Rudd. It concludes with “…a society that discourages wealth creation and capital formation through so-called progressive taxation is eventually going to make itself a lot poorer and a lot less free.” Free people longing to stay free have some very similar thoughts, no matter their hemisphere. H/T to RR reader MM.
Intel fined $1.45 billion by the EU and cheered on by Obama’s administration (more here). When it comes to enterprise, socialists don’t want anyone good to win and no loser should lose. A glimpse into our future - the consumers be damned.
There is a screen cast of some examples demonstrating the power of WolframAlpha here.
Posted by: Russ Steele | 15 May 2009 at 08:36 AM
I've been looking forward to Wolfram Alpha. There is so much uncharted ground in Internet search. Will be fascinating to see how well it works with real-world queries beyond the demo. :)
Posted by: Aaron | 15 May 2009 at 02:43 PM
Oops, Wolfram Alpha's launch delayed amid glitches, details here.
Posted by: Russ Steele | 15 May 2009 at 07:17 PM
Well, it worked for a bit and then said it was overloaded with all the people playing with it. I asked it to plot x^3 - sin(x) and it did it instantly. Then it had trouble parsing the request for the last ten years' DJA index plot. And then it shut down. I guess that's why they call it a beta test.
Posted by: George Rebane | 15 May 2009 at 10:07 PM