Wed 20 May 2009
T-5 days to Towel Day Edition – Wolfram Alpha style
Posted by Kevin A. Thompson under Blawg Review1 Comment
We’re now 5 days away from the Towel Day edition of Blawg Review. I still need your pictures with your towels for inclusion in the Review with a link back. Please send the pictures to kthompson@cyberlawcentral.com, G or PG rated only please!
Have you seen the new Wolfram Alpha computational engine? You can type in a query like “Compare the GDP of the US to France” and it will give you that answer. Pretty cool stuff. For you Hitchhikers fans, you can type in “What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?” and get the following result:
That’s right – 42!!!
May 25th, 2009 at 2:41 am
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