I had to bookmark this new web site -

[MrMickeysMom]

Someone just sent me something I then HAD to bookmark - Any here heard of Wolfram Alpha?
It serves a different purpose than Google and Wikipedia .

Watch the Introduction first:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

Then save the Site in your favorites if you like it:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Basically, it's the best scientific tool that I've input questions. Imagine using the internet for good problem solving solutions? Plus, it's got a lot of neat stuff that you get an idea about in the intro. For instance I put my first name in, then my sister's, which made me understand statistically why there are so few of us.

edit: grammar

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Really cool.

Thanks. Recommended.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. You're welcomed...

Good things should be shared on DU!

[Admiral Loinpresser]

14. Amazing. n/t

n/t

[lamp_shade]

3. Hey....

Bookmarked as suggested.

[MrMickeysMom]

4. I thought you'd like it...

Seeing as you're in FL (my old stomping ground), there are plenty of things for which to find "answers!" :-)

[lamp_shade]

21. I just found out all kinds of neat stuff about the small town I live in. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

23. I asked about tobacco use

... all countries combined, still 34%, some 1.8 plus billion (among adults, I was looking for children after that God awful post on the 2 year old.)

[seabeyond]

5. that looks so interesting. thanks. tis a keeper. nt

[MrMickeysMom]

9. You bet! eom

[Schema Thing]

6. I think I just fell in love with the internet

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Ditto... a new reason for loving the internets! eom

[cal04]

7. thanks MrMickey'sMom

great site. One of our teachers uses it in class

:hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

8. That's great...

What a tool it is. What does she/he teach and at what grade?

[cal04]

11. He teaches fifth grade

He leads our technology committee and finds all these great sites

[Dappleganger]

12. OMG, this is AMAZING!!!

I am so stuck on this for the afternoon...

[MrMickeysMom]

15. Oh good... see if you can input the question I've asked for already...

I asked (in my own, sometimes poorly worded way) what pressure conditions were on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico in order to go against the pressure gradient of oil (and what other materials) for a total pressure. This was on the way of finding techniques used in medicine to repair ruptured blood vessels. Perhaps there are similarities in this to the repair of BP's blow out pipe.

They actually will attempt to answer a question and send you e-mail to alert your answer, which is very cool.

[MindandSoul]

13. Great resource, thank you!

[MrMickeysMom]

17. Not at all... eom

[alfredo]

16. I added it to my portal

[MrMickeysMom]

20. :-^) eom

[alfredo]

29. I made my own portal many years ago. At first it was hand coded, but

I've updated it a bit since then.

[likesmountains 52]

18. Well, there goes the rest of my morning! Thanks for this.

[MrMickeysMom]

19. How truly geeky!

:hi:

Maybe I'll send this to Rach Maddow, too!

[riverbendviewgal]

22. This is awesome

I love this kind of stuff

[MrMickeysMom]

24. CA/US...

population Canada 33.3 million
population United States 312 million

Area Canada 3.855 million sq miles
Area United States 3.719 million sq miles

:-)

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked, recommended and bookmarked.

Thanks for the thread, MrMickeysMom.

[MrMickeysMom]

34. You're welcomed, Uncle Joe!

[Blue_Tires]

26. ttt

[MrMickeysMom]

35. ttt?

Me no understand!

[tilsammans]

27. Coolest reference website ever!

Thanks so much!
:yourock:

[MrMickeysMom]

36. Shucks...

tweren't nuthin... besides, a really cool person who I keep in touch with sent it to me, so I'll pass that on to him!

[onestepforward]

28. Awesome site! Thanks! n/t

[defendandprotect]

30. Thank you !! Terrific -- Passed it around already ....

[defendandprotect]

31. Here's one I'm not getting anywhere with and you might try for me . . .

though I'm continuing to try --

Here's the problem . . .

When our country began, Founders complained that there was insufficient

representatives in USHR to represent the population --

I think in England, one representative covers something like 75,000 or less

citizens --

the last time I remember calculating the numbers based on # of reps in USHR

vs population, it was something like 750,000 per rep. A huge number, IMO.

I don't have a current number on this and I'd like to know --

I'll double check the population of US first -- though it will probably include

non-voting citizens?

I'll see what I can get --



PS: I did give them "feedback" and think they are investigating number of members of

USHR -- undeveloped info, previously. They will e-mail me!

312 million population in US now!!

[MrMickeysMom]

38. Yeah, that's why I feel it's so responsibly growing as a site...

The fact that the mission of the search engine seems to be problem solving, and they have a mission to probe those using problem solving is great.

I have to look up USHR, meanwhile. Have you tried querying it with various terms, or simplified the root information in your query?

[defendandprotect]

60. Tried quite a few things, but then got distracted and moved on . . .

will come back to it another time --

:)

[LLStarks]

32. Welcome to last year when Wolfram tried to be relevant and ultimately failed. nt

[MrMickeysMom]

39. ???

Are you saying that this site is from something started last year and that they failed?

[Greyskye]

57. Wolfram|Alpha launched May 18, 2009, but had been in open beta for longer.

I first used it over three years ago. :shrug:

If you ask "Wolfram|Alpha Timeline", it returns a line graph starting in 2000, with a launch date in 2009.

It does seem more powerful now, as opposed to when I last played with it.

[1monster]

33. Why didn't we have this when my son was writing his neodymium research paper last year?

I paid nearly $200 for a chemistry book that had less information on neodynium than this web site does!

[MrMickeysMom]

40. I guess timing is everything, isn't it?

But, that speaks volumes for its use, so somebody's gonna profit from that, I hope.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

37. Thanks Mick's mom!!

I think that will come in useful!

[MrMickeysMom]

41. Me, too...

Kind of makes you have some faith in society, doesn't it?

[BlueJazz]

42. Nice site but told me the size of the observable Universe was 93 billion Light Years.

Not even close to the right answer.

[MrMickeysMom]

43. I'm curious...

What IS the size of the observable Universe?

[BlueJazz]

44. About 93 Billion light years across. Some say more ..some less.

:)

[renate]

45. you just changed my life!

SO COOL!!!!

:wow:

Thank you!!

[MrMickeysMom]

49. Hey, you don't get to do THAT every day!

You're welcome!

[aikoaiko]

46. this looks cool, but I could not get through his tome A New Kind of Science

[aikoaiko]

47. I just asked it "what is the meaning of life" and it came up with the correct answer.

with citations of course.

[MrMickeysMom]

50. ...

Oh yeah.... 42!

:rofl: "Hitchhickers' Guide to the Galaxy"

[Cronus Protagonist]

48. It is totally useless to me

I tried three reasonable questions and it couldn't answer any of them.

[MrMickeysMom]

52. Did they have measurable answers?

I mean, even the question, "What is the meaning of life?" had referenced Douglas Adam's humorous novel.

[Cronus Protagonist]

53. Yes, I followed the guides

"What do sperm do when ingested" The web site knows nothing of this.

"Glasgow, Scotland" (the web site changes Scotland to "United Kingdom" and offers INCORRECT "facts"

I can't remember the third one, but that's a pretty damn poor average.

[MrMickeysMom]

54. Cronus...

I'm trying not to hurl on that first one... oh... I'm guessing you were testing its ability to answer. I'm kind of thinking that the boundaries of input and output are primarily aimed at more measurable data (gulp! UGH!)

[Cronus Protagonist]

62. No, I rteally wanted to know!

Do sperm swim upwards or downwards when ingested?

[MrMickeysMom]

63. Uh huh...

well.... I think they die too soon to really know the answer... but, you keep up the fight on that one.

[jp11]

51. Thank you, this puts me one step closer to global domination.

I feel like I'm talking to Mr. Data on this thing.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+much+wood+would+a+woodchuck+chuck+if+a+woodchuck+could+chuck+wood%3F

[MrMickeysMom]

55. I'm sure in time, it'll have "Ode to Spot"

... which was always a favorite Data poem of mine concerning his cat, Spot.

However, Wolframalpha, after assuming "spot" is a food... give you a complete nutritional label of the "spot fish"...

Fascinating! :-)

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. I will never move away from the puter again. Terrific site.!!!!

This will be the first and perhaps only go to page I need.

WOW.....

Giant thanks.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[MrMickeysMom]

58. Except...

DU, of course ;-)

[dixiegrrrrl]

59. DU..h ...yes, yes, right.

Mr. D. likes radio, listens to NPR.
He comes in to tell me about something on the news and I smugly reply:
"read about it on DU hours ago".

:evilgrin:

[MrMickeysMom]

64. Yup... that is the truth...

I do the same thing. Taking the pulse of society in a heart beat!

[Ardent15]

61. Awesome website

Thank you. :toast:

[MrMickeysMom]

65. But of course...

You are most welcome! :fistbump: