This is just too funny. I have to make one of my own.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Wolfram Alpha vs Google
I think Wolfram alpha is definitely headed in the right direction. I like the idea of asking a question and getting an answer instead of just playing the "seek and catalogue" game. I got good answers from both engines but mostly from Wolfram:
All english words containing the letters "eue"
feued queue queued queueing queuer queuers queues
I got the answer faster with Google.
how much potassium in 4.7 oz of bananna
477mg
I got the answer right away with Alpha
how old was Barack Obama on May 5th 1979?
17 years, 9 months and 1 day.
this one went to Alpha
date and time of next total solar eclipse in Eugene, OR
11:25 PDT, Monday, August 21, 2017.
I got the answer with both but faster with Alpha when I changed the
question to "next total solar eclipse in Eugene?"
minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?
I had a hard time getting a straight answer from either.
link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
I found this image a little faster with Alpha but changing my question to
"barcode 0123456789" With google I had to do an image search and do a
few extra clicks.
how many vertices does an icosahedron have?
it has 12
I got the answer with both but right away with Alpha, google took
a few extra clicks into other sites
Distance from Eugene to Tokyo
4886 miles
Once again I go the answer right away from Alpha, several extra clicks into
other sites with google.
Average Oregon income per capita
$40,040 I think. This is the very first answer I got from Alpha
from a 2007 estimate. I could not pin down an exact number with google but I
found a PDF that said $35,956
what is the morse code for my first name.
I got the answer right away with Alpha and not at all with google. I got
tired of clicking.
I found that tweaking the question a little bit got a perfect answer from Wolfram for nearly every question.
All english words containing the letters "eue"
feued queue queued queueing queuer queuers queues
I got the answer faster with Google.
how much potassium in 4.7 oz of bananna
477mg
I got the answer right away with Alpha
how old was Barack Obama on May 5th 1979?
17 years, 9 months and 1 day.
this one went to Alpha
date and time of next total solar eclipse in Eugene, OR
11:25 PDT, Monday, August 21, 2017.
I got the answer with both but faster with Alpha when I changed the
question to "next total solar eclipse in Eugene?"
minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?
I had a hard time getting a straight answer from either.
link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
I found this image a little faster with Alpha but changing my question to
"barcode 0123456789" With google I had to do an image search and do a
few extra clicks.
how many vertices does an icosahedron have?
it has 12
I got the answer with both but right away with Alpha, google took
a few extra clicks into other sites
Distance from Eugene to Tokyo
4886 miles
Once again I go the answer right away from Alpha, several extra clicks into
other sites with google.
Average Oregon income per capita
$40,040 I think. This is the very first answer I got from Alpha
from a 2007 estimate. I could not pin down an exact number with google but I
found a PDF that said $35,956
what is the morse code for my first name.
I got the answer right away with Alpha and not at all with google. I got
tired of clicking.
I found that tweaking the question a little bit got a perfect answer from Wolfram for nearly every question.
Search Engine Discrepancies
So I searched these topics:
uss yorktown nt
google china censorship
Tiananmen Square
Taiwan independence
On these search engines:
bing.com
google.com
google.cn
baidu.com
I noticed that the order in which the URLs came up varied. The URLs in google.cn and baidu.com seemed biased right away. They didnt have anything about the Tiananmen Square massacre at all. Just how beautiful it is there. Same thing with "Taiwan independence" Very biased and controlled as far as what information is presented on Baidu.com and google.cn. I find this to be very unjust, immoral and downright creepy. What the hell is the matter with the Chinese government? Are they afraid of their citizens making informed decisions?
I am so happy that I live in America. We have our embarrassments (W) and our ups and downs,(racism, bigotry, etc) but I feel like we have a lot more freedoms than most other countries.
uss yorktown nt
google china censorship
Tiananmen Square
Taiwan independence
On these search engines:
bing.com
google.com
google.cn
baidu.com
I noticed that the order in which the URLs came up varied. The URLs in google.cn and baidu.com seemed biased right away. They didnt have anything about the Tiananmen Square massacre at all. Just how beautiful it is there. Same thing with "Taiwan independence" Very biased and controlled as far as what information is presented on Baidu.com and google.cn. I find this to be very unjust, immoral and downright creepy. What the hell is the matter with the Chinese government? Are they afraid of their citizens making informed decisions?
I am so happy that I live in America. We have our embarrassments (W) and our ups and downs,(racism, bigotry, etc) but I feel like we have a lot more freedoms than most other countries.
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