Anyone else seen this? Apparently it goes public this Friday.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html (http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html)
I don't know how much use it's going to be to the general public (it's not a search engine in the traditional sense) but it'll certainly make finding mathematical tidbits for research easier.
The site launched a couple days ago.
It's pretty useful. It'll definitely take some traffic away from google.
great!
this will need exploring
Very good for kids who can't be arsed to do their maths homework.
La Encyclopedie! :thumbsup:
Execution apparently leaves much to be desired. http://www19.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=chicago+bulls (http://www19.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=chicago+bulls) :lol:
Quote from: Tyr on May 17, 2009, 04:40:51 PM
Very good for kids who can't be arsed to do their maths homework.
One of my most hated British spellings, it's math damn it! :mad:
Mathematics => Math
Insanity!
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 17, 2009, 05:19:18 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 17, 2009, 04:40:51 PM
Very good for kids who can't be arsed to do their maths homework.
One of my most hated British spellings, it's math damn it! :mad:
Theres more than one mathematic equation involved. Its mathematics. Plural Timmay. Plural!