Title: Wolframalpha
Post by: Sophus on May 28, 2010, 01:12:25 AM
Post by: Sophus on May 28, 2010, 01:12:25 AM
This is a neat website I stumbled across recently. It functions sort of like Wikipedia but for different purposes (data, etc.).
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Davin on May 28, 2010, 03:01:45 AM
Post by: Davin on May 28, 2010, 03:01:45 AM
That is very very cool! I even added an extra very.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: McQ on May 28, 2010, 04:17:15 AM
Post by: McQ on May 28, 2010, 04:17:15 AM
Wow. Cooler than cool. Super cool.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 05:42:04 AM
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 05:42:04 AM
Awesome!
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Cecilie on May 28, 2010, 06:53:42 AM
Post by: Cecilie on May 28, 2010, 06:53:42 AM
That may have been the most awesome thing I've ever seen. 
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 08:09:29 AM
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 08:09:29 AM
Interesting! Thanks for the link!
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 08:11:08 AM
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 08:11:08 AM
Quote from: "Cecilie"That may have been the most awesome thing I've ever seen. :)
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Cecilie on May 28, 2010, 08:40:42 AM
Post by: Cecilie on May 28, 2010, 08:40:42 AM
Quote from: "Tank"Quote from: "Cecilie"That may have been the most awesome thing I've ever seen. :)I was referring to the internet. Did I forget to write that?
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: karadan on May 28, 2010, 08:51:13 AM
Post by: karadan on May 28, 2010, 08:51:13 AM
Wolfram is awesome. Type in 'a cubic light year of ice cream' and see what it says...
Mind boggling numbers.
Mind boggling numbers.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tanker on May 28, 2010, 10:36:50 AM
Post by: Tanker on May 28, 2010, 10:36:50 AM
The poulation of my birth town has nearly doubled since my birth. Totaly useless info yet utterly facinating to me. Thank you sophus, this looks like a fun and interesting source.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: curiosityandthecat on May 28, 2010, 01:48:32 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on May 28, 2010, 01:48:32 PM
I was watching for the Wolfram|Alpha release for a while before it officially was opened. The guy who developed it, Stephen Wolfram, wrote an amazing book called A New Kind of Science (http://amzn.to/aAfdl9) that the W|A concept is essentially based on. The Mathematica engine is absolutely astounding. 
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 04:05:34 PM
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 04:05:34 PM
Some of the answers given are however completely wrong, for example the highest mountain in Italy is definitely not the Mont Blanc 
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: McQ on May 28, 2010, 06:27:01 PM
Post by: McQ on May 28, 2010, 06:27:01 PM
Quote from: "Tom62"Some of the answers given are however completely wrong, for example the highest mountain in Italy is definitely not the Mont Blanc
Are you sure? I think it may be the highest mountain in Italy.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Quote from: "McQ"It's being argued over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc)Quote from: "Tom62"Some of the answers given are however completely wrong, for example the highest mountain in Italy is definitely not the Mont Blanc
Are you sure? I think it may be the highest mountain in Italy.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 06:42:01 PM
Post by: Tom62 on May 28, 2010, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: "McQ"The French and Swiss cartographers place it within France's boundaries on maps. That is what we also taught at school. The Italians however recently claimed that they own the Mont Blanc summit. Which basically means that it is a borderline case (figuratively and literally).Quote from: "Tom62"Some of the answers given are however completely wrong, for example the highest mountain in Italy is definitely not the Mont Blanc
Are you sure? I think it may be the highest mountain in Italy.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 06:51:06 PM
Post by: Tank on May 28, 2010, 06:51:06 PM
Whoever thought! The third world war starts over who owns a mountain top! Titter ye not, stranger things have caused wars in Europe!
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Albino_Raptor on May 28, 2010, 08:21:01 PM
Post by: Albino_Raptor on May 28, 2010, 08:21:01 PM
Wow! What a great page. Off to my favorites it goes and thank you very much for posting it.
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: theTwiz on June 03, 2010, 06:48:35 AM
Post by: theTwiz on June 03, 2010, 06:48:35 AM
http://www16.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=the+meaning+of+life
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Cecilie on June 10, 2010, 11:27:16 PM
Post by: Cecilie on June 10, 2010, 11:27:16 PM
I've seem to have forgot how to insert an image. 
Click here though: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~dsroy/EVOLUTION.GIF (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~dsroy/EVOLUTION.GIF)
Click here though: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~dsroy/EVOLUTION.GIF (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~dsroy/EVOLUTION.GIF)
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: hismikeness on June 11, 2010, 01:35:51 AM
Post by: hismikeness on June 11, 2010, 01:35:51 AM
Here's a few good ones:
What do women want? (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+do+women+want) Read the parenthesis under the response. Seems this AI has a sense of humor.
How much wood would a woodchuck... (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+much+wood+would+a+woodchuck+chuck+if+a+woodchuck+could+chuck+wood)
All work... (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=all+work+and+no+play)
Lottery (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+do+i+win+the+lottery) And I was hoping for a real answer...
This site is really cool. Just pop in and say hello (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hello).
Hismikeness
What do women want? (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+do+women+want) Read the parenthesis under the response. Seems this AI has a sense of humor.
How much wood would a woodchuck... (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+much+wood+would+a+woodchuck+chuck+if+a+woodchuck+could+chuck+wood)
All work... (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=all+work+and+no+play)
Lottery (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+do+i+win+the+lottery) And I was hoping for a real answer...
This site is really cool. Just pop in and say hello (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=hello).
Hismikeness
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Sophus on June 11, 2010, 06:03:22 AM
Post by: Sophus on June 11, 2010, 06:03:22 AM
Am I Pretty? (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=am+i+pretty%3F) 
Title: Re: Wolframalpha
Post by: Tank on June 11, 2010, 10:43:13 AM
Post by: Tank on June 11, 2010, 10:43:13 AM
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