Wolfram Alpha.

Rydian · Oct 29, 2010

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

It calls itself a "Computational Knowledge Engine", and at first it's use doesn't seem to make sense...
Until you try a few examples and realize that next time you have this sort of question you should type it into here instead of google.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fat+i...megranate+juice
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=15000...+the+unix+epoch

Veho · Oct 29, 2010

I love Wolfram Alpha

h0ser81 · Oct 29, 2010

Ask Wolphram Alpha if it's Skynet, i.e. "Are you skynet?".

Deleted_171835 · Oct 29, 2010

Wolfram Alpha is great!
It doesn't recognize poutine (food), though.

mameks · Oct 29, 2010

It's great for math(s) and science, except it doesn't show any workings...

FAST6191 · Oct 29, 2010

I like it as a toy but have yet to manage to get it to work well with anything serious and then have to fall back to spreadsheets, databases and stuff like matlab. I suspect this is more of an issue with the fields I like to play in rather than the engine itself though.

Some choice links
http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_wolfram_c...everything.html

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/se...ram&cat=all

Issac · Oct 29, 2010

I always think of MatLab, which is my best friend, when I see Wolfram Alpha

_Chaz_ · Oct 29, 2010

¡Muy incredible!

Ritsuki · Oct 29, 2010

I use the portable version on my phone. Very useful.

Rydian · Oct 30, 2010

shlong said:
It's great for math(s) and science, except it doesn't show any workings...

It's for looking up and comparing facts, it won't actually learn stuff in your place.

Vulpes Abnocto · Oct 30, 2010

I just learned that I'm exactly 11,101 days old

(I'm Binary!)

Midna · Oct 30, 2010

Ah yes, I love Wolfram Alpha. Great resource.

Rydian · Oct 30, 2010

Vulpes Abnocto said:
I just learned that I'm exactly 11,101 days old

(I'm Binary!)

I learned that the sun rose at 7:07 AM on the day I was born.

nutella · Oct 30, 2010

Dang it, I've known about Wolfram Alpha for a while now and I REALLY needed something like it a week ago to help me with my maths.

Rydian · Oct 30, 2010

nutella said:
Dang it, I've known about Wolfram Alpha for a while now and I REALLY needed something like it a week ago to help me with my maths.

I hate that crap. There's all these good sites, but when you actually need them you forget about them.

Goli · Oct 30, 2010

_Chaz_ said:
¡Muy incredible!

It's "¡Muy increible!".
Anyways, it only seems useful for some things. Google reigns supreme

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