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bitJericho
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Posted: 17th May 2009 02:24
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Check it out guys! What do you think of it?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html


I just tried it right now... and tbh, I couldn't get it to answer a single question I was interested in .

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flashing snall
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Posted: 17th May 2009 05:12
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That is an awesome calculator. Maybe Ill never have to do math HW ever again!

Check out my current WIP. SLIME 09
forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=149899&b=8
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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 17th May 2009 07:10
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Seems like a good idea, and it's pretty impressive so far. They'll have to come up with a more memorable and simpler name and website if they expect it to achieve any kind of popularity though (ie: Google).


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Michael P
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Posted: 17th May 2009 12:45
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Google already does this more or less, if I ever need a question answered I just type it into google and it comes up with a page containing an answer (most of the time).

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dark coder
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Posted: 17th May 2009 13:50
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All it does is pull up random facts about dates, times, people and compute math problems and stuff? I've searched for a few things now only to have it tell me "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input", yet google gives me some relevant results so either I'm doing something totally wrong or I don't really see the point of this.

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El Goorf
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Posted: 17th May 2009 14:10
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site's going really slow for me, im guessing everyones spamming the crap out of it to see what its all about.

& lawl @ dc's avatar XD

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puppyofkosh
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Posted: 17th May 2009 15:28
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Its a cool idea, but you can get the same thing from a search engine.
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BiggAdd
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Posted: 17th May 2009 16:35 Edited at: 17th May 2009 16:42
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El Goorf - I've removed your avatar. 2047KB is a little large really.

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I think the search engine is fantastic. I don't know about you, but I have never seen Google come close to something like this:

http://www80.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Airfoil

Also try type in a 2-variable function:

x^2+y^2

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 17th May 2009 17:16
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Hmmm...nice error message though, I get the reference.



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flashing snall
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Posted: 17th May 2009 17:47
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Hahaha, I did notice it was working very slowly. Poor Dave, so many things he isnt allowed to do.

Check out my current WIP. SLIME 09
forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=149899&b=8
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El Goorf
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Posted: 17th May 2009 22:34
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http://notmybase.com/2009/reviews/so-just-what-excactly-is-what-is-the-integral-of-x2-dx-from-0-to-the-population-of-jordan/

for my hopefully amusing review. I'll have to add a bit now I've discovered the airfoil function though, that's just awesome.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 19th May 2009 02:19
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Yknow that algebra problem i was stuck on a while ago?
ay^2+xy=b and cx^2+xy=d?
I put that into mathway, and got every possible solution in about half a second...

http://www55.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=ay%5E2%2Bxy%3Db+and+cx%5E2%2Bxy%3Dd
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