I haven't been on the top of the Powerset developments but from trying it out, I have to say I'm disappointed. I asked it a few questions and it returned really poor results. I then asked the same thing on google and used site:en.wikipedia.org so they're using the same data set and Google found what I asked (I was asking questions like "who was born on <specific date here>".
Powerset doesn't have AI-complete NLP, it's more like real NLP. So try things where your w-words (who what when where why how) are somewhat like wildcards. You can't say, "List all Kosher meats in alphabetic Order" but you could say, "Which meats are Kosher?" You'll see a link to "Kosher Foods" with acceptable results. Click on the page and notice your complete list of results are highlighted on the right. Click one: http://img.skitch.com/20080512-piw4tn8pc6gnf4w7h46q6ghekn.jp...
Powerset isn't just about an open-box search, it's also about integrating search into the results. It's clearly not perfect, but it's definitely interesting.
Also, for fun, search for Comic Sans. Good luck regaining your sight.
Peculiar. I just asked Google and Powerset "who was born on october third 2003." (No quotes used.)
Powerset: Andre Agassi He was defeated in the third round by world #2 (and eventual finalist) Rafael Nadal, 7–6(5), 6–2, 6–4. ... Their daughter, Jaz Elle, was born on October 3, 2003.
Google: October 3 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian ... 2003 - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the shows tigers, ...
What date did you use, out of curiosity? I picked 10/3/2003 at random.
Is anyone else getting the security sandbox violation on the vimeo player? The Flash security model is a bit frustrating to be sure, but leaving that in shipping code?!
Am I doing it wrong?