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The next example underscores how lack of context about how an answer is arrived upon is indeed the failure point of Wolfram Alpha. Kansas KS Kans. , I searched for a mathematical equation, which is much more within the scope of Wolfram Alpha's capabilities than any of the other questions I asked so far: 0/0 =
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WolframAlpha Is No Threat To Google ~ Web Developers
5/17/2009 at 7:50 pm

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Borg 5/21/2009 at 12:03 am

Did you know now, they tell you now after the fact.
Wolfram isn't a search engine, in fact its a content delivery service.
What a piece of over hyped junk.

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