As of August 25, 2020, there have been 85 launches of the Atlas V rocket. Don't take my word for it. We ask Tory Bruno, the CEO of United Launch Alliance. He says there have been 85. But Excel insists there are 36. Wolfram Alpha says their data is expertly curated. This begs the question: expertly curated by whom? And when we report an error, who is checking it? And what errors are coming to Excel that we don't know are errors?
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Learn Excel from MrExcel podcast episode 2358.
Curated by Whom? Hey, welcome back to the MrExcel netcast. I am Bill Jelen.
The announcement from Wolfram Alpha about the new data types says that they are Expertly Curated.
This one makes me really nervous about these new data types.
Here is a list of rockets.
Eleven miles *that* way are the launch pads where these rockets launch from.
I am a rocket launch photographer. If you've seen my Facebook page.
i know these rockets fairly well. So that Atlas V.
The mighty Atlas 5 from United Launch Alliance.
So I asked for =A2.[ First Flight ].
And then =A2.[ Total Launches ] says 36. That is not right.
I walked out to the street and just caught a person riding by on the bike who works for United Launch Alliance. I said, "Hey, Bill, how many Atlas V launches?" He says 85. Now.
Who are we going to believe?
Steven Wolfram or some guy in my neighborhood? Let's solve this on Twitter.
"Hey, can you settle a bar bet @ToryBruno.
A new beta feature in Excel powered by Wolfram Alpha says there have been 36 launches. I count 85.
Who is right?" Just in case you don't know who is Tory Bruno.
He is the President and CEO of United Launch Alliance, the company that launches these rockets.
Tory is great on Twitter.
He's known for answering questions. He confirms it is 85. Excel is saying 36.
The guy who really knows says it's 85.
So then the question for Stephen Wolfram: "Why are you only reporting 36?
This is Excel where the motto is 'Recalc or Die'. Now, I get it. This is a beta feature in Excel.
Let's click here. Data type, Change.
Is there another variant of the Atlas V that maybe they are reporting more launches?
But I can't seem to find it.
So then about a week and a half ago I came here to the Card. Down at the bottom, Flag This.
Data Appears To Be Wrong.
There have been 85 launches of the Atlas V according to the CEO of United Launch Alliance.
I'll even put a link to the tweet in there.
Submit. Now the bad news is that I already reported that 10 days ago.
Here we are, 10 days out. This worries me.
I knew this one was wrong.
What other ones am I getting back from Wolfram Alpha that I don't know if it is wrong. I get it. It's a beta feature.
Maybe we should cut them some slack and allow them some time to investigate this one and figure out if there has been 36 or 85 launches.
When you click Submit to report an error, where does that data go? Is it going to Wolfram or to Microsoft?
Who's checking those reports?
And with let's guess a million people trying this how big is the staff responding?
How quickly should they be able to turn around errors?
This is only a beta right now. It is only for home and student.
I kind of understand why. Hey thanks for watching.
Please down below the video click Like, Subscribe, and ring that bell.
Hey I want to thank you for stopping by.
We'll see you next time for another net cast from MrExcel.
Curated by Whom? Hey, welcome back to the MrExcel netcast. I am Bill Jelen.
The announcement from Wolfram Alpha about the new data types says that they are Expertly Curated.
This one makes me really nervous about these new data types.
Here is a list of rockets.
Eleven miles *that* way are the launch pads where these rockets launch from.
I am a rocket launch photographer. If you've seen my Facebook page.
i know these rockets fairly well. So that Atlas V.
The mighty Atlas 5 from United Launch Alliance.
So I asked for =A2.[ First Flight ].
And then =A2.[ Total Launches ] says 36. That is not right.
I walked out to the street and just caught a person riding by on the bike who works for United Launch Alliance. I said, "Hey, Bill, how many Atlas V launches?" He says 85. Now.
Who are we going to believe?
Steven Wolfram or some guy in my neighborhood? Let's solve this on Twitter.
"Hey, can you settle a bar bet @ToryBruno.
A new beta feature in Excel powered by Wolfram Alpha says there have been 36 launches. I count 85.
Who is right?" Just in case you don't know who is Tory Bruno.
He is the President and CEO of United Launch Alliance, the company that launches these rockets.
Tory is great on Twitter.
He's known for answering questions. He confirms it is 85. Excel is saying 36.
The guy who really knows says it's 85.
So then the question for Stephen Wolfram: "Why are you only reporting 36?
This is Excel where the motto is 'Recalc or Die'. Now, I get it. This is a beta feature in Excel.
Let's click here. Data type, Change.
Is there another variant of the Atlas V that maybe they are reporting more launches?
But I can't seem to find it.
So then about a week and a half ago I came here to the Card. Down at the bottom, Flag This.
Data Appears To Be Wrong.
There have been 85 launches of the Atlas V according to the CEO of United Launch Alliance.
I'll even put a link to the tweet in there.
Submit. Now the bad news is that I already reported that 10 days ago.
Here we are, 10 days out. This worries me.
I knew this one was wrong.
What other ones am I getting back from Wolfram Alpha that I don't know if it is wrong. I get it. It's a beta feature.
Maybe we should cut them some slack and allow them some time to investigate this one and figure out if there has been 36 or 85 launches.
When you click Submit to report an error, where does that data go? Is it going to Wolfram or to Microsoft?
Who's checking those reports?
And with let's guess a million people trying this how big is the staff responding?
How quickly should they be able to turn around errors?
This is only a beta right now. It is only for home and student.
I kind of understand why. Hey thanks for watching.
Please down below the video click Like, Subscribe, and ring that bell.
Hey I want to thank you for stopping by.
We'll see you next time for another net cast from MrExcel.
