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05/16/2009 10:51:42 AM · #1 |
//www.wolframalpha.com
this launched last night - seems like the internet just got a brain :)
they said they might have some server issues for the first few days after launch due to overload - and working the bugs out. but it looks to be a good supplement to google for searching for certain types of info.
it doesn't return lists of webpages that might have relevant info to your query - it returns the info... !!
there is a demo of it here
Message edited by author 2009-05-16 10:52:10.
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05/16/2009 11:51:34 AM · #2 |
Wow, what a cool search engine.
Definitely check out the demo.
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05/16/2009 01:07:48 PM · #3 |
no doubt.
you heard it from soup :)
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05/16/2009 03:10:49 PM · #4 |
It has been on Lifehacker, a story on CNN.com front page this morning (but is dated 4 days ago), was shown on a TV show - Tech TV or something, along with a few others that are coming out (ones mentioned in the CNN article.)
After reading the CNN article I realized it is almost word for word the same article I read a few days ago somewhere else. Even the pics were the same.
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05/16/2009 09:16:03 PM · #5 |
i was joking man...
i've been reading about it for a few weeks...
doesn't mean it isn't cool...
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05/16/2009 09:24:49 PM · #6 |
Perhaps I forgot something...my point was about the copying of the article. It had nothing to do with soup. Speaking of which, my wife made this soup one time. I could not eat it. But then she made some soup that I could not eat enough of. Now, she makes a soup I don't know what to make of. Is it soup? Or should I use a fork? Any way, if you take the third left after Johnson's barn, then turn right at Old Man Jone's pond, you will find Wilma's Pie Shop about 2 miles down the road. She bakes a mighty fine pie.
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05/16/2009 10:00:33 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by CEJ:
Perhaps I forgot something...my point was about the copying of the article. It had nothing to do with soup. Speaking of which, my wife made this soup one time. I could not eat it. But then she made some soup that I could not eat enough of. Now, she makes a soup I don't know what to make of. Is it soup? Or should I use a fork? Any way, if you take the third left after Johnson's barn, then turn right at Old Man Jone's pond, you will find Wilma's Pie Shop about 2 miles down the road. She bakes a mighty fine pie. |
No, that's Marion. She's just down the road here and she bakes the best pies in the world...
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05/17/2009 06:12:47 PM · #8 |
man you can be sarcastic can't you...
anyhow. glad everyone in the world already knew about wolfram. i shouldn't have wasted forum space with it... sorry.
Oh and good luck with your wifes' pseudo soup. i'll check out wilmas pie shop once chevy chase calls me back !
Originally posted by CEJ:
Perhaps I forgot something...my point was about the copying of the article. It had nothing to do with soup. Speaking of which, my wife made this soup one time. I could not eat it. But then she made some soup that I could not eat enough of. Now, she makes a soup I don't know what to make of. Is it soup? Or should I use a fork? Any way, if you take the third left after Johnson's barn, then turn right at Old Man Jone's pond, you will find Wilma's Pie Shop about 2 miles down the road. She bakes a mighty fine pie. |
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05/17/2009 06:24:23 PM · #9 |
As with many things I have found on the internet (maps, etc) this site doesn't know where St. John's Newfoundland is. I type in St. John's and choose city and it comes back with Saint John, New Brunswick. When I typed in the name of my hometown, it told me that Saint Johns, Newfoundland was a nearby city. No, St. John's is a nearby city, there is no Saint Johns Newfoundland.
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05/17/2009 06:24:35 PM · #10 |
Well, I tested it a bit and I'd say that it works :)
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05/17/2009 06:35:12 PM · #11 |
I found this interesting. The US budget deficit for PhY is estimated to be $1.841 Trillion. Look at the bottom to see what that number compares to. Interesting!!!
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05/17/2009 06:35:27 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by davidw:
Well, I tested it a bit and I'd say that it works :)
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05/17/2009 09:07:51 PM · #13 |
This guy's got an awesome PR machine ... in addition to the stuff already mentioned (CNN, WSJ, Lifehacker, TV), there was a full page article in the Economist this week about it.
I tried it. If there's a number in your question it'll probably get it. It even knew the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight ~ 1.8 Giga-Furlongs/Fortnight |
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05/17/2009 09:58:52 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by soup:
man you can be sarcastic can't you... |
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05/18/2009 12:34:23 AM · #15 |
Hmm...I must say its correct:
What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
Result:
there is unfortunately insufficient data to estimate the velocity of an African swallow (even if you specified which of the 47 species of swallow found in Africa you meant)\n(asked of a general swallow (but not answered) in Monty Python\'s Holy Grail.) |
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05/18/2009 01:22:02 AM · #16 |
oh. my. god.
this is exactly what i needed back in high school. hopefully, it will be useful in college, too. |
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05/18/2009 12:42:57 PM · #17 |
:)
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05/18/2009 03:37:33 PM · #18 |
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Result:
a woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
This started out promising:
"WHAT is your name?"
Result:
My name is Wolfram|Alpha.
"WHAT is your quest?"
Result:
Human Discourse - Additional functionality for this topic is under devel--AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!
(Okay, the screaming bit was in my imagination...)
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05/18/2009 03:56:45 PM · #19 |
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05/18/2009 10:20:48 PM · #20 |
a woodchuck doesn't actually chuck wood...
try to keep your crazy questions to google, and the pertinent ones to wolfram... :)
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my name is soup. are you stupid ?
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my quest is to fly faster than an african swallow !
Message edited by author 2009-05-18 22:23:12.
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05/18/2009 10:58:17 PM · #21 |
too bad the name sucks...
If I were reffering to this site, I guess I'm supposed to say "wolfram it!" rather than "google it!"
that just doesn't sound right. |
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05/18/2009 11:09:48 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Intelli:
too bad the name sucks...
If I were reffering to this site, I guess I'm supposed to say "wolfram it!" rather than "google it!"
that just doesn't sound right. |
Try something with the modern name for it, Tungsten
"I'm going to Tung it" has potential ... |
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05/19/2009 10:24:13 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Intelli:
too bad the name sucks...
If I were reffering to this site, I guess I'm supposed to say "wolfram it!" rather than "google it!"
that just doesn't sound right. |
Try something with the modern name for it, Tungsten
"I'm going to Tung it" has potential ... |
Oh man, that's it..I'm making a new dating website! =) |
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05/19/2009 11:13:43 AM · #24 |
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05/20/2009 04:33:06 PM · #25 |
| Am I correct in not being able to find the ability to add Wolframalpha to the search bar on IE8? |
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