I've tried Wolfram Alpha several times over the years, and I have never been able to find any value in it. For example, I've just put in "FIR filter", and it comes up with nothing, saying only "Development of this topic is under investigation..." However, every major search engine provides lots of information about that topic.
Next, I tried one of the examples provided by retrieving stock information about GE. I then selected "Ratios", and most of the resulting output fields were blank. This correlates with my overall impression that whatever potential Wolfram Alpha may have, it currently is half-baked, at best.
To be fair, perhaps I haven't been using it as intended. So, does Wolfram Alpha currently have any value, and if so, what is it? Can you provide some examples of things it currently does better than any other online system?
Wolfram Alpha (Score:2)
I've tried Wolfram Alpha several times over the years, and I have never been able to find any value in it. For example, I've just put in "FIR filter", and it comes up with nothing, saying only "Development of this topic is under investigation..." However, every major search engine provides lots of information about that topic.
Next, I tried one of the examples provided by retrieving stock information about GE. I then selected "Ratios", and most of the resulting output fields were blank. This correlates with my overall impression that whatever potential Wolfram Alpha may have, it currently is half-baked, at best.
To be fair, perhaps I haven't been using it as intended. So, does Wolfram Alpha currently have any value, and if so, what is it? Can you provide some examples of things it currently does better than any other online system?