WolframAlpha is the World's Greatest Calculator
I wish I had this to do my homework for me. Well, back when I had homework.
In the internet world, search engines have gone in the opposite direction of most technologies. While users these days have more choice than ever for where they get their information, there seems to be one search engine that reigns over everything – and that’s Google.
So what could anyone be thinking when trying to launch a brand new ‘search’ engine? To answer that, you have to check out WolframAlpha, which just launched over the weekend.
It’s not so much a search engine as much as it’s just the world’s most amazing calculator. Forget your flashy scientific calculators, WolframAlpha can compute 2 + 2 as easily as it compare chart the GDP of Spain and Italy – or it can tell you when the next solar eclipse will be, or instantly calculate the probability of a getting a full house in poker.
While Google may send you to webpages that contain information that you’re looking for, WolframAlpha gives it to you straight without having to leave the site. It’s incredibly powerful and impressive, but is limited in presenting information only to queries that it understands – and right now it’s still a little restricted.
Check it out for yourself right here (be sure to watch the guided demo). Man, I wish I had something like this to help me with my homework when I was in school.
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"So what’s could anyone be thinking when trying to launch a brand new ‘search’ engine?"
Another stupid slip.
It has the answer for: "tairspeed velocity of an unladen swallow."
It also does: "the meaning of life, the universe, and everything." But then, so does google.
it can help me find patterns in a sequence.
super sweet.
a combo between wiki/google
...Holy F***ing ****. I'm going to win a lot of internet arguments because of this.
It's so advanced, I don't even know where to begin on using it! I mean, it kind of scares me lol.
But I probably will reference this to check some of my answers to Calculus problems.
"So what’s could anyone be thinking when trying to launch a brand new ‘search’ engine?"Another stupid slip.
Keep up the good work! (I'm not kidding)
I totally got tired of trying to get these guys to proof read their work, so I just ignore it now. At least someone picked up where I left off.
That's actually a pretty awesome site. PDFs export in nice vector quality too. They didn't skimp on the quality. I had a problem downloading my first PDF but I guess it was a fluke for that specific one. For now, my only complaint is that I can't control the axis sizes for graphing. There's probably a way and I just can't figure it out. They should implement an easy way to do it though.
Awesome! This is going to be incredibly useful.
This is amazing!
Looking forward to all those internet science classes now!
Anyone thought of asking what the velocity is of an unladen swallow?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=velocity+swallow
Mathematica FTW! I loved that program in college, especially the pirated version on my computers so I didn't have to spend 4 years in the computer labs.
i remember back in college i visited wolfram research on the web for number theory lessons for my cryptography course . there was a feeling of quality to it . i even got introduced to mersenne primes on their website , and how there was a prize for it and all that .
now i have this feeling that their "computational knowledge engine is a quality product indeed" .
technically it is about the "semantic web " which can help you rather than the myriad websites on the internet .and it is better than wikipedia in some respects .
hats off to wolfram research !
It has the answer for: "tairspeed velocity of an unladen swallow."It also does: "the meaning of life, the universe, and everything." But then, so does google.
LIAR!!! '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)' is NOT an answer, its a cop out.
Look at the resulting Volume Equations from this query:
http://www40.wolframalpha.com/inpu [...] +of+sphere
They are drawn incorrectly. It's 4/3 * pi * r^3. They have it as (4 * pi * r^3)/3. How do we get this fixed?
Nice!!
LOL @ hellwig, observational humor is the best kind.
It's 4/3 * pi * r^3. They have it as (4 * pi * r^3)/3. How do we get this fixed?
Please tell me your kidding. If not, go back to elementary school and review your algebra.
Nah, it can't sum two chaotic scatters in serious. Send it back to the AI workshop!
Argh, I'm tired, that was supposed to be "two chaotic scatterers in series." That's what happens when you get 4 hours sleep 3 nights in a row.
This actually works for my Algebra I homework....Woah
This actually works for my Algebra I homework....Woah
Don't give into the temptation. It will only make you more ignorant in the long run. And algebra is nothing for the Mathematica engine, it laughs at differential equations and other higher-level college math subjects.
@hellwig: so funny, my 9 years old sister laugh a lot when i show her your comment. It's correct hellwig.
Wolframe is indeed a potential search page. But I also wonder if Google is doing something similar.