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    Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Did you say Bing? #wolframalphabing
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Know what I want from Microsoft? An original idea. It seems like the more time goes on, the more companies like Apple and Google come out with neat products like iPods and Microsoft just kinda says
    "Wow, that's neat. Let's steal the idea, we'll call it zune".
    "Google's making money? Hey we should start a search engine"
    "OS 2, huh? Looks neat, we'll call it Windows" #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Brush up on your history a little. MS was in the search engine game before Google ever existed. (sources: [searchenginewatch.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [en.wikipedia.org] ). In fact, there were at least 16 other search engines that predated Google ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). So, one could argue that Google stole the idea from MS, amongst others following your logic.

    The first MP3 player was made by Eiger Labs and was called the MPMan (source: [reviews.cnet.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [boingboing.net] ). In fact, the market had several different MP3 players before iPod came along. Apple rarely innovates technology, they tend to wait and synthesize the best facets of different products together into one user friendly and attractive device and it is something they do very well.

    OS2 was co-developed by Microsoft and IBM ([en.wikipedia.org] ) and was built around MS-DOS, the DOS ( [en.wikipedia.org] ) system created by Gates and Microsoft. Granted, MS-DOS is preceded by Apple DOS by a year ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). The independent Windows OS was antecedent to Apple's OS, but the IBM/MS one preceded it.

    I could go on and on, but don't feel like it. The thing is, tech companies constantly "steal" from one another because they see what customers like or what are good ideas and attempt to utilize them. Call it stealing or failure to innovate if you want, but you'd be flat out wrong. Go troll somewhere else about MS. Do a little research before opening your mouth about something that you don't know about. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of nate_rio nate_rio
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Here's a great add-on for all you Bing hating Firefox users:

    Wolfram Alpha Google 0.9
    [addons.mozilla.org]

    Just do a search on Google and the Wolfram Alpha result for that search will appear on the right side, in the normally empty space.

    I actually like Bing for image searches, and I think I might start using it for hunting down video now too. But Google is still my top search engine, especially since I have Wolfram Alpha inside it now. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of iomatic, hey, I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway iomatic, hey, I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    I had to Google 'Bing'.

    Thank you, I'll be here all night. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of winshape winshape
    11/11/09

    @iomatic (I know I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway): Just don't type "Google" into Google...you'll break the internet. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Sounds like Bing might be putting Google up for a run?

    Lets see what Wolfram Alpha has to say about the matter...
    [www93.wolframalpha.com]

    Nope, google not worried. #wolframalphabing
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    11/11/09

    @dallasmay: Being the 21st ranked site on the web is nothing to sneeze at though #wolframalphabing
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    Image of tucker tucker
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    I use Bing. Oh wait. No I don't. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @fucker: Who's got two thumbs and doesn't care? This guy. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I get it... you purposely misspelled his name.... hahaha #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables: Who, me? I would never do something subtle and easy like that. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Well Played Sir... #wolframalphabing
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Personally, I think Wolfram Alpha is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Perhaps even greater.

    The ability to quickly whip up a query to answer some bizarre random question gives me a feeling of Godlike omniscience. It's almost like something out of Star Trek, where the computer was always solving complex problems for the crew and then I'd be watching this on TV wondering why they bothered with the useless meatbags at all, when the computer was obviously the smartest one there.

    But still, I have to wonder... does anybody other than me really use it? #wolframalphabing
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    Image of chuckbass chuckbass
    11/11/09

    @jepzilla: I use wolfram alpha a lot! I'm an engineering student, so I am commonly doing my hw in front of wolfram alpha.
    And I love having it come up with quick answers to other things. And it's a great tool to look at stocks and economic trends.
    It is honestly one of the greatest things on the internet and I think more people use it than you are aware - I am constantly catching classmates on it. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Never have I been more tempted to make a "yo dawg..." joke. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of PregoNation PregoNation
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: omg. As in "Yo dawg...I like you...Yo Dawg...I like you too man. Let's get married" #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @PregoNation: More like, "yo dawg I heard you like search engines, so we put a search engine in your search engine so you could Bing while you Google" #wolframalphabing
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    11/12/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Hahaha! Equally hilarious. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    I like Bing but it's not any better or anything than Google and I'm so used to using Google for everything that I have no need to switch over. The only feature I do tend to always use is Bird's Eye View which is much better than satellite view. I have noticed that although Bing is supposed to be the decision engine, I find it's shopping search to be much worse than Google shopping/products. Having Wolfram Alpha associated with Bing will likely make me go there more frequently than I currently do, but not all that much. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : However, Bing Cashback is nice, especially for larger purchases. I hear you completely with their satellite view. I actually think Bing has better res photos than Google does. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: How DOES Cashback work, anyways? #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @(Starman) Mudkip [Happy 40th, Sesame Street!]:
    1. Sign up.
    2. Shop
    3. ????
    4. Profit! #wolframalphabing
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