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Add more examples to the readme
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end

# now all Numeric results can be cast to floats

== Want Images?

Most pods have an image associated with them, here's an example of how to access them:

> r = Wac.fetch "Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Kylie Minogue"

=> a: City,People
- Input interpretation: Bob Dylan (musician) | Neil Young (musician) | Woody Guthrie (musician) | Kylie Minogue (singer/songwriter)
- Basic information: | full name | date of birth | place of birth
Bob Dylan | Robert Allen Zimmerman | 1941 (age: 68 years) | Duluth,Minnesota
Neil Young | Neil Percival Young | 1945 (age: 63 years) | Toronto,Ontario
Woody Guthrie | Woodrow Wilson Guthrie | 1912 (97 years ago) | Okemah,Oklahoma
Kylie Minogue | Kylie Ann Minogue | 1968 (age: 41 years) | Melbourne,Victoria
| date of death | place of death
Woody Guthrie | 1967 (age: 55 years)
(42 years ago) | New York [Show full dates...]
- Timeline:

# collate all the images of these in a html string

> r.map {|p| p.img}.join

=> "<img src=\"http://www1.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP75197hc39c9cc059e800006b0403d7gehhf9f4?MSPStoreType=image/gif&amp;s=31\" alt=\"Bob Dylan (musician) | Neil Young (musician) | Woody Guthrie (musician) | Kylie Minogue (singer/songwriter)\" title=\"Bob Dylan (musician) | Neil Young (musician) | Woody Guthrie (musician) | Kylie Minogue (singer/songwriter)\" width=\"437\" height=\"41\"/><img src=\"http://www1.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP76197hc39c9cc059e8000055d4671i712ab0g0?MSPStoreType=image/gif&amp;s=31\" alt=\" | full name | date of birth | place of birth Bob Dylan | Robert Allen Zimmerman | 1941 (age: 68 years) | Duluth,Minnesota Neil Young | Neil Percival Young | 1945 (age: 63 years) | Toronto,Ontario Woody Guthrie | Woodrow Wilson Guthrie | 1912 (97 years ago) | Okemah,Oklahoma Kylie Minogue | Kylie Ann Minogue | 1968 (age: 41 years) | Melbourne,Victoria | date of death | place of death Woody Guthrie | 1967 (age: 55 years) (42 years ago) | New York\" title=\" | full name | date of birth | place of birth Bob Dylan | Robert Allen Zimmerman | 1941 (age: 68 years) | Duluth,Minnesota Neil Young | Neil Percival Young | 1945 (age: 63 years) | Toronto,Ontario Woody Guthrie | Woodrow Wilson Guthrie | 1912 (97 years ago) | Okemah,Oklahoma Kylie Minogue | Kylie Ann Minogue | 1968 (age: 41 years) | Melbourne,Victoria | date of death | place of death Woody Guthrie | 1967 (age: 55 years) (42 years ago) | New York\" width=\"495\" height=\"355\"/><img src=\"http://www1.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP77197hc39c9cc059e800005dhd19ib9b5g5igf?MSPStoreType=image/gif&amp;s=31\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"108\"/>"

# launch these images in browser windows

> require 'launchy'
> r.each {|p| Launchy.open(p.img['src'])}

== Want HTML?

You can ask for formats in html, etc by adding options to the query or session (the session is just an options container that can issue queries).
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