Wolfram Alpha

Steve Schulze · May 2009

Gentlemen, I present to you what may become the most ubiquitous site since Wikipedia:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.

Still apathetic? Watch this and tell me you're not at least a little intrigued.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

SHEPEIRO · May 2009

sounded great till i tried to ue it, wont understand a few Qs, then some info was blattently out of date,

got a way to go

Mark Dygert · May 2009

Yea for Alpha's!

But just before it exceeded its test limit, it did get this one right...
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+is+the+answer+to+life%2C+the+universe+and+everything
However it has nothing to do with porn and therefore destined to be a total failure.

John Warner · May 2009

that's pretty fucking cool if you ask me. of course, it's only going to be able to deal with objectivity, but that's okay.

it becomes a bit difficult when you start trying to deal with statistics relating to a discipline that is basically based in personal competency.. but still cool none-the-less

I'm bookmarking it for sure.. thanks for sharing.

00Zero · May 2009

whos giving the demo on that video? gordon freeman or something? the guy sounds like he knows everything...ever

MRico · May 2009

Man...I dunno if I'm doing it right...I asked for the nutritional facts of semen...it doesn't know it.

00Zero · May 2009

is the website unbelievably slow for everyone else too?

[Deleted User] · May 2009

Yeah. I typed in "population of west virginia" and it thought for 15 minutes and died

rooster · May 2009

the name kinda sucks. 'why don't you just wolfram it' doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. it sounds more like part of an insult to be followed by 'down your bleedin' throat'

Steve Schulze · May 2009

Ah, I didn't actually pick up that the alpha meant, you know, alpha. I'm smart.

t4paN · May 2009

Jackablade wrote: »

Gentlemen, I present to you what may become the most ubiquitous site since Wikipedia:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Still apathetic? Watch this and tell me you're not at least a little intrigued.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

Man this is really cool but that guy's voice just makes me want to punch my screen.

Slum · May 2009

http://www11.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=square+root+of+circumference+of+pluto+divided+by+grams+of+fat+in+a+big+mac+

this site is amazing

00Zero · May 2009

hah, it even asks you if you want it with or without big mac sauce

bounchfx · May 2009

didn't realize this shit was already up, awesome!
http://www49.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+licks+does+it+take+to+get+to+the+center+of+a+tootsie+pop

00Zero · May 2009

3? really? i doubt that. wolfram alpha is wrong

jocose · May 2009

http://www49.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=www.polycount.com

If anyone is having any problems with wolframAlpha I would suggest trying wolframBeta

http://www.wolframsbeta.com/

This is pretty impressive:
Philosophy: "What is the meaning of life?" Answer: 42
Math: What is 6 x 7? Answer: 42
History: What year in the 1900s did the battle of Stalingrad begin? Answer: 42
Literature: How old was Douglas Adams seven years before he died? Answer: 42
Geography: What highway number in Los Angeles is also known as Firestone Boulevard? Answer: 42
I'm sorry, I just can't seem to stump it.

Tumerboy · May 2009

it didn't know what to do with "wtf?"

Andreas · May 2009

Isn't this site put together by the guy who created the world wide web? Was reading about it earlier.

Vailias · May 2009

Godel says their efforts are doomed to fail.

(still a cool project)

Mcejn · May 2009

Definitely some neat features, yet most of the stuff I saw him do, I would just use google to answer it for me. However this seems a bit more robust and easier to use than google as far as getting an answer to questions regarding mathematical equations (math/physics/biology/etc). Now if google bought this and integrated it somehow, now that would be really awesome.

Wolfram Alpha

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