More details emerge on Wolfram Alpha

Snickering as I just failed googling SMILES: Math can only get you that far. If you use a word in an unlikely content you will need to provide additional information - or any algorithm will get it wrong.

Just take your example of Snickers - well - I just wantd to know an answer for SMILES and SMARTS syntax - and if you don't know what I mean - look up Wikipedia for Simplified molecular input line entry specification aka SMILES or Smiles arbitrary target specification for SMARTS.

I'm aware that I wanted to get some obscure knowledge and that the basic searchword will never get me there. But even adding some additional information (like the company I know which hosts the tutorial - aka Daylight - another misleading word in this context) didn't get me anywhere.

I got there in the end - going to the company page finding manually the right page.

So what is the chance of a program like Wolfram Alpha to do better. Off course I type in SMARTS as I can't remember 'Smiles arbitrary target specification' what I actually mean.

To my suprise - the page I was looking for is just a click away from Wikipedia.

No - Wolfram won't be a killer for Google - there is a need for different tools for different questions.; Posted by: Nuada Posted on: 05/11/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use