wolfram alpha

yeah i had similar thoughts to you. I found this page http://www.wolframalpha.com/participate/participate.html

what is the matrix?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+the+matrix%3F

  kaini said:

wolfram alpha knows what manchester is.

it displays information about manchester, and perhaps asks the user about what subcategory of life in manchester 'blue monday' and 'new order' fall under. this will generate two new nodes, and also flag those nodes for peer review.

 

maybe the user enters madchester;

if it's somewhat smart, WA recognises the term from previous entries, as well as simultaneously recognising that the word is very similar in spelling to manchester. if it's really smart, it will recognise that despite the similarity, it is not the same thing. if it's completely on point, it might direct you to a subnode concerning music in manchester, or if not, confirm that this is what you're on about.

i added a bit - this system really does have huge possibilities. what someone needs to do now is develop an API.

imagine it tied to discogs: 'what records have autechre released that are not albums but over 47 minutes in length between 1994 and 2004'?

shit, i think i broke it

random aside, for kaini: do you ever sleep man!?

if you observe my posting patterns you'll note i have an 8-6 mon-fri jorb which has actually blocked watmm, cos of me

i sleep 6 hours a night weeknights, and longer at the weekend, but skewed (6am-2pm?) - the only time i'm ever tired is between 2-4pm weekdays (classic borderline diabetes). but people perpetually tell me that i look knackerecd.

I read about this on cnn.com a little bit ago, then got on watmm and saw this thread.

That is all for today. More to come on launch day.