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16 May 2009, 8:12 am

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

don't you guys just mortheflippin' love it??!

if it only wasn't so slow...

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16 May 2009, 8:25 am

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+are+you%3F

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=where+are+you%3F

LOL!

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16 May 2009, 10:27 am

Because I got bored and wanted to cause trouble :twisted:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Wh ... ual=Submit

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16 May 2009, 11:47 am

wow i found out some interesting things

an actor with the same first name as me was born on the same day that i was.

my date of birth plus the month plus the year i was born equals 2009

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16 May 2009, 12:58 pm

Keith wrote:

Because I got bored and wanted to cause trouble :twisted:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Wh ... ual=Submit

aaaargh! no don't do this, I'm already too paranoid haha!

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16 May 2009, 1:44 pm

Why ask simple questions? hehe. I did the "who am I" and just got the address of my ISP in Bristol, UK. Turns out the IP it uses is the one it gets it from. Or the DHCP server

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16 May 2009, 2:36 pm

It does not really have a real clue about history:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Wh ... ebrated%3F

Answer: "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input."

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16 May 2009, 2:46 pm

yeah it's still a very early version, but I think it has heaps of potential.

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16 May 2009, 2:59 pm

I've been having fun with it.

I asked for the result of the juicy factorial 123456789!

and the response was:

10^(10^8.975586132312593)

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16 May 2009, 3:08 pm

Question: Where are you?

Answer: I live on the internet. :lol:

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16 May 2009, 4:49 pm

lol yeah it's endless fun with this thing.

I just don't know why it keeps calling me Dave

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16 May 2009, 9:13 pm

anna-banana wrote:

lol yeah it's endless fun with this thing.

I just don't know why it keeps calling me Dave

Because it thinks it's HAL?

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16 May 2009, 9:41 pm

the error page is cool

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16 May 2009, 9:53 pm

May be - but it failed at the question after the birthplace of the mother of Nero or when Germanicus became quaestor and never heard abut the Reichskammergerichtsordnung of 1555.

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16 May 2009, 11:14 pm

Dussel wrote:

May be - but it failed at the question after the birthplace of the mother of Nero or when Germanicus became quaestor and never heard abut the Reichskammergerichtsordnung of 1555.

So did I.

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16 May 2009, 11:35 pm

Fuzzy wrote:

Dussel wrote:

May be - but it failed at the question after the birthplace of the mother of Nero or when Germanicus became quaestor and never heard abut the Reichskammergerichtsordnung of 1555.

So did I.

Off Topic - The Regulations of Imperial Chamber Court; substantial for the understanding of the modern development of court proceedings. It is in some respect the link between the antique Roman Court Proceedings and the modern one. It is seen as important enough that the University of Heidelberg republished it on its webpage:

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You even find that the EU-Court in Luxembourg works with a modernized version of this order.

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