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I find it amusing that people downvote my comment. I guess it is much more rewarding to upvote overinflated stories about how Evil Wolfram Alpha "Doesn't Get It
by jwr 16y ago
I find it amusing that people downvote my comment. I guess it is much more rewarding to upvote overinflated stories about how Evil Wolfram Alpha "Doesn't Get It" (often without reading the story, I suspect). Makes for better drama.
Frankly, I would much rather read about a 2-bit adder implemented using 36 555 timers.
- powellc 16y agoWhat a recursive failure to read the story. You accuse others of down-voting for not reading the story, and yet you seem also to have not read the story. The author admits to having not read the ToS completely. His issue (and the title of his post) is that Wolfram actively enforcing a ToS limiting use except by a human+web browser just doesn't get the internet. And that, my friend, is true no matter how you slice it. Prohibiting links with search queries embedded in them is anti- the philosophy of the internet. It may work for a top-heavy, externally funded project like Wolfram (who's bread and butter is a desktop app), but would cause a massive failure for a web app trying to turn a profit.