2008/12/24 Brian <Brian.Mingus(a)colorado.edu>du>:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Gregory Maxwell
<gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> 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 deskā¦ but it's not especially well
> advertised, especially instant gratification, or especially scalable.
> Though it does get fantastic answers.
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.