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Started by Sophus, May 28, 2010, 01:12:25 AM

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Sophus

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/
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Davin

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May 28, 2010, 03:01:45 AM
That is very very cool! I even added an extra very.
Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

McQ

#2
May 28, 2010, 04:17:15 AM
Wow. Cooler than cool. Super cool.
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

Tom62

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May 28, 2010, 05:42:04 AM
Awesome!
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

Cecilie

#4
May 28, 2010, 06:53:42 AM
That may have been the most awesome thing I've ever seen.  :headbang:
The world's what you create.

Tank

#5
May 28, 2010, 08:09:29 AM
Interesting! Thanks for the link!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Tank

#6
May 28, 2010, 08:11:08 AM
Quote from: "Cecilie"That may have been the most awesome thing I've ever seen.  :)
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Cecilie

#7
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?  :blush:
The world's what you create.

karadan

#8
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. :)
QuoteI find it mistifying that in this age of information, some people still deny the scientific history of our existence.

Tanker

#9
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.
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I've been in fox holes, I'm still an atheist -Me-

God is a cake, and we all know what the cake is.

(my spelling, grammer, and punctuation suck, I know, but regardless of how much I read they haven't improved much since grade school. It's actually a bit of a family joke.

curiosityandthecat

#10
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 that the W|A concept is essentially based on. The Mathematica engine is absolutely astounding.  :blink:
-Curio

Tom62

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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  ;)
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein

McQ

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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.
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

Tank

#13
May 28, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Quote from: "McQ"
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.
It's being argued over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Tom62

#14
May 28, 2010, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: "McQ"
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.
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).
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
Robert A. Heinlein
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