2008/12/24 Brian <[email protected]>:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Gregory Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The article is mostly discussing an area where we're somewhat lacking:
>> Users can't easily come to us with natural language questions ('why
>> is the sky blue?') and easily get results. Usually the answer is
>> already in Wikipedia, we're not not indexed in a way which is helpful
>> for these queries.
>> Of course, there is the reference desk… but it's not especially well
>> advertised, especially instant gratification, or especially scalable.
>> Though it does get fantastic answers.
> http://www.powerset.com/
Did well on "why is the sky blue?"
Didn't do so well on "where are my keys?" though I now know how to ask
that in Tagalog.
- d.
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