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I asked Wolfram Alpha about "KCN". You know, the chemical formula for
potassium cyanide?
It thinks I mean the gene family. Which is kind of the problem with a
system that knows about everything and has no context to disambiguate
what you actually meant.
So I asked about "chemical KCN".
"Using the closest input interpretation: moon water."
"Is there water on the moon? Yes."
...WTF?
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Tangentially related, but: Do *not* read failblog while eating. >_<
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I wanted to look up the LaTeX command for the "hearts" card suit.
Pro tip: Do *not* Google for "latex hearts"! o_O
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Am 13.09.2011 13:39, schrieb Invisible:
> Tangentially related, but: Do *not* read failblog while eating. >_<
Epic eating fail? :-P
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> I asked Wolfram Alpha about "KCN". You know, the chemical formula for
> potassium cyanide?
>
> It thinks I mean the gene family. Which is kind of the problem with a
> system that knows about everything and has no context to disambiguate
> what you actually meant.
>
> So I asked about "chemical KCN".
>
> "Using the closest input interpretation: moon water."
>
> "Is there water on the moon? Yes."
>
> ...WTF?
Is Wolfram Alpha case sencitive?
If yes, try KCn instead.
Alternatively, you ask using the full name: "potassium cyanide". Don't
forget the quotes.
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> I wanted to look up the LaTeX command for the "hearts" card suit.
>
> Pro tip: Do *not* Google for "latex hearts"! o_O
What's the problem?
I get lots of hits for heart shaped latex baloons, some Valentine themed
sites, and also some hits about a "Latex Hearts" song by the
Menstruating Orchid band... And it's with "SafeSearch" unactive.
I get some nipple patches around page 17
But nothing LaTeX related.
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> I wanted to look up the LaTeX command for the "hearts" card suit.
>
> Pro tip: Do *not* Google for "latex hearts"! o_O
Googling body parts and/or medical terms is always risky.
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Invisible escreveu:
> I asked Wolfram Alpha about "KCN". You know, the chemical formula for
> potassium cyanide?
no
> It thinks I mean the gene family. Which is kind of the problem with a
> system that knows about everything and has no context to disambiguate
> what you actually meant.
>
> So I asked about "chemical KCN".
>
> "Using the closest input interpretation: moon water."
>
> "Is there water on the moon? Yes."
>
> ...WTF?
clearly we're still a long way from HAL, Wintermute or Agent Smith...
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> Is Wolfram Alpha case sencitive?
Yes.
> If yes, try KCn instead.
That's not the correct formula though. The corrent formula is KCN. (K
for potassium, C for carbon, N for nitrogen.) Cn is the symbol for
copernicium (a rare radioactive element).
> Alternatively, you ask using the full name: "potassium cyanide". Don't
> forget the quotes.
Yeah, potassium cyanide works. It's just a lot more typing...
Weirdly, HCN for hydrogen cyanide works perfectly OK.
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Alain <aze### [at] qwerty org> wrote:
> Menstruating Orchid
That name is somehow... quite dissonant.
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