Wolfram Alpha now allows you to analyse your Facebook activity :)

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  ei8hty5ive8 months, 2 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Obviously the cooler kids would have a better comment/like ratio than mine :D
  
  Here's the link...
  
  http://www.wolframalpha.com/
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: ei8hty5ive on Sep 02, 2012 08:03
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  bluntmachetti8 months, 2 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself
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  ei8hty5ive8 months, 2 weeks ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  bluntmachetti

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself

  
  
  Much more detailed and concise.
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  longbowassassin8 months, 2 weeks ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  never got into the facebook thing.
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  Ennui8 months, 2 weeks ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  ei8hty5ive

  bluntmachetti

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself

  Much more detailed and concise.

  And inaccurate.
  
  I haven't looked at the Facebook stuff you're referring to but I've tried Wolfram search a few times, despite my aversion to its self-regarding creator ("a new kind of arrogant") and compared to the awesome Google, it sucks.
  

  
  Edited By: Ennui on Sep 02, 2012 10:31: ...
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  Ennui8 months, 2 weeks ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  I just had another go on it to see if it was better since I last tried it.
  
  I entered a phrase, it came back slooooooooowly with a nicely formatted, detailed and concise summary of a completely different subject with no immediately obvious clicky way of saying "no, Wolfram, you are completely wrong.".
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  bluntmachetti8 months, 2 weeks ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Had a play around myself and its pretty fun, of course I wont link to my facebook though as I usually dont like to link search engines to my personal info.
  
  Checked my google profile the other day for things I had searched for in the past year and even I think i'm a weirdo
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  ei8hty5ive8 months, 2 weeks ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Ennui

  ei8hty5ive

  bluntmachetti

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself

  Much more detailed and concise.

  And inaccurate.
  
  I haven't looked at the Facebook stuff you're referring to but I've tried Wolfram search a few times, despite my aversion to its self-regarding creator ("a new kind of arrogant") and compared to the awesome Google, it sucks.
  

  
  
  Wolfram is a weird one, it seems to work quite well with dates and numbers but not much good as a 'search engine'. I'm not really sure how to use it! The Facebook thing is pretty good though...
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  bluntmachetti8 months, 2 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  ei8hty5ive

  Ennui

  ei8hty5ive

  bluntmachetti

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself

  Much more detailed and concise.

  And inaccurate.
  
  I haven't looked at the Facebook stuff you're referring to but I've tried Wolfram search a few times, despite my aversion to its self-regarding creator ("a new kind of arrogant") and compared to the awesome Google, it sucks.
  

  
  
  Wolfram is a weird one, it seems to work quite well with dates and numbers but not much good as a 'search engine'. I'm not really sure how to use it! The Facebook thing is pretty good though...

  
  
  Wrote a similar post and deleted it after testing with some plain text searches. You can search company CEOs and the fastest router from town A to town B
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  Ennui8 months, 2 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  ei8hty5ive

  Ennui

  ei8hty5ive

  bluntmachetti

  Not quite the same as 'googling' yourself

  Much more detailed and concise.

  And inaccurate.
  
  I haven't looked at the Facebook stuff you're referring to but I've tried Wolfram search a few times, despite my aversion to its self-regarding creator ("a new kind of arrogant") and compared to the awesome Google, it sucks.
  

  
  
  Wolfram is a weird one, it seems to work quite well with dates and numbers but not much good as a 'search engine'. I'm not really sure how to use it! The Facebook thing is pretty good though...

  Yes, I'm not clear either exactly what its purpose is - looking into it it says in the Wikipedia page it answers queries rather than providing a list of possible answers, so I was expecting something it doesn't set out to provide.
  
  Given how slow it is, the lack of alternatives is possibly partly due to lack of processing resources as much as an overconfidence in its ability.
  
  But I guess I should allow for the "alpha" in its name...

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