Wolframalpha

[ffutures]

This is a really useful site for anything that involves manipulation of "knowledge", e.g. you can ask it what the molecular mass of a chemical is, using its colloquial name, it'll look up the formal name then work out its molecular mass. Or ask it who Batman is, it'll return Bruce Wayne!

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Only thing that worries me is the name - if this is wolframalpha, is there a hartomega somewhere?

Comments

[tregenza.livejournal.com]

It is a very hit & miss service. Sometimes I think its answer are brilliant and sometimes they miss the mark by miles.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Agreed, e.g. I asked it what lime water is (e.g. calcium hydroxide solution) and it gave me an estimate of the water in a lime! But when it works it's very useful.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Well, Wolfram is a famous resident of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and another famous resident is the guy who started Project Gutenberg, Michael S. Hart. Connect the dots yourself.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I smell conspiracy theory! I shall have to post this to the sdaleconspiracy community...