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Friday, May 15, 2009

Tech The New Search Engine Fox News Calls "Just Too Nerdy"

Posted by Jonathan Golob on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:52 PM

makes me swoon a teeny bit.

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That's freaking awesome. Why are you watching Fox News for tech information?

Posted by BombasticMO

on May 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM

My organizing/indexing/reference librarian side swooned, too. Wow.

Posted by Rose on May 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM

I've always prefered Maple over Mathematica, but that was effing sweet.

Posted by doug on May 15, 2009 at 4:29 PM

grrr, can't actually use it for another 20 minutes, if we're lucky.

Posted by Renton Mike on May 15, 2009 at 4:40 PM

I thought Fox News went bankrupt?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on May 15, 2009 at 4:50 PM

Too nerdy? Having the entire knowledge of the human race ever at your finger tips is too nerdy? It's only because it competes with them, they want to be the sole bringers on knowledge, god forbid we do it ourselves.

Posted by watchout5

on May 15, 2009 at 4:51 PM

shit. wow.

Posted by isortofhateslog

on May 15, 2009 at 4:52 PM

Wolfram is a controversial figure. Nobody can agree on how brilliant he is. Yet, everybody can agree on what a huge dick he is. Patronizing. Claims credit for other people's work. Never acknowledges the support he's gotten from other people.

I hate to think how many young geniuses he shat on and pushed down in order to create this thing he named after himself.

Posted by eclexia on May 15, 2009 at 9:29 PM

only 834 digits of pi. please complete.

Posted by Christampa on May 16, 2009 at 3:20 AM

Watchout5, it not only competes with FoxNews, it provides actual information, not propaganda. I can't wait!

Posted by TORMATO on May 16, 2009 at 4:01 AM

Wow, it's just like the computer in the classic Tracy/Hepburn comedy "Desk Set". When it gets stuck, do they have to reset it with a bobby pin?

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on May 16, 2009 at 7:26 AM

It's a pretty amazing implementation, but it is still very weak in terms of engineering information. Searches for "A36 steel," "Manning's n," "peak ground acceleration," and "Moody diagram" all turn up nothing. There is a quick explanation of the Reynolds number, though.

Posted by Greg on May 16, 2009 at 8:54 AM