tech_guy Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I've been rather sad and spent the last hour or so playing with Wolfram|Alpha - absolutely brilliant. Google watch your backs! Long time since I've had so much fun, especially with scientific calculations and equations! Saddo, I know!
tom_newton Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Don't think google need worry - this is a totally different service. Couldn't get it to convert kilograms into stone/pounds (ie nonmetric conversions) but google calc wont do that either. Did enjoy the query "weather in ngong last wednesday" (which it got fairly right).
tech_guy Posted May 19, 2009 Author Posted May 19, 2009 The power with Wolfram is that it is growing all the time. Pretty exciting stuff.
Domino Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 the register have the right view i think Taking a first bite out of Wolfram Alpha ? The Register It's not really lined up to be a google-killer, it just doesn't have the same indexing ability - but it is a good step foward to something much more exciting and new yay :-)
OutToLunch Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Input interpretation: estimated average cruising airspeed of an unladen African 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) Well, that cheered me up.
fafster Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Couldn't get it to convert kilograms into stone/pounds (ie nonmetric conversions) but google calc wont do that either. Eh? You're not trying hard enough
CyberNerd Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 This will be useful for food technology - calculating nutritional information
JJonas Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 (edited) I found the pH of cheese by accident using Wolfram. What do you have to put in to get the pH of cheese? found it its 5.6 Edited May 19, 2009 by JJonas
JJonas Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 how much wood could a woodchuck chuck - Wolfram|Alpha any more?
tmcd35 Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 if object A travels east at 155,000,000 meters per second and object B travels west at 150,000,000 meters per second how fast are they moving away from each other? mmm, may need a little re-wording to get the result I want....
localzuk Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Eh? You're not trying hard enough Wolfram convert as well 10st in kg - Wolfram|Alpha Neither of them actually do what was mentioned though ie. Convert 200 kg into Stones and Lbs. ie. both units of measurement, not one with a decimal point...
jcollings Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Eh? You're not trying hard enough But the result it gives is a decimal value e.g 7.5 stones not 7 stones 7 pounds which I think is the point he was making.
jamesb Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Oddly enough though if you ask for the conversion to lbs it does work out ounces.
6Foot2 Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 Step forward another feature of WolframAplha: Link: all visible satellites - Wolfram|Alpha Show all satellites which are visible from you location [or nearby] at the current time [this does not take account of daylight blocking the view of the satellites: Nonetheless useful data for the keen back garden astronomer]
Gatt Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 will the world end in 2012 - Wolfram|Alpha Well thats comforting to know... and... http://www46.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=lotto+numbers LOL!
Duane_Dibbley Posted May 5, 2010 Posted May 5, 2010 Wolfram Alpha is probably the best thing on the web (barring this site obviously )
6Foot2 Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 WolfRamAlpha gets more accurate every day: Link: Who Da Man? - Wolfram|Alpha
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