Tom, Answers.com has been doing this for a couple of years. I don't know the details, but they often give context for the answer.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually Google is already doing something close to this. You can put > queries of that type into Google Spreadsheets and it often does return an > answer. > > Having this capability in a spreadsheet makes the results even more > useful than what Alpha is described to be. > > However both Alpha and Google's feature suffer from a problem of context. > When I get a number I want to know where that number came from so I can > judge the quality of the answer. I also want to check that the computer > is actually answering the question that I think I'm asking. > -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
