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sarcasticsteve BRB, Posting  Posts: 528 Joined: May 2008 |
05-16-2009, 08:38 PM
Lifehacker.com did an interesting review of the new knowledgeable search engine on the block, Wolfram|Alpha. I did some of her suggested tests and came up with these results:
I have a life expectancy of 76.26 years I am exactly 7512 days old today My mother has a longer life expectancy than I do...(82.37yrs) According to the statistics, I will die on January 23rd, 2065 at 9:16PM Apparently it was around 79 degrees and partly cloudy the day I was born Any other fun statistics you guys get a kick out of? Lifehacker.com -Steve ![[Image: style3,Sarcastic-spc-Steve.png]](http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style3,Sarcastic-spc-Steve.png)
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fyre BRB, Posting Posts: 1,968 Joined: Mar 2008 |
05-16-2009, 08:40 PM
This honestly doesn't seem that useful to me. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
What is the meaning of life? How many roads must a man walk down?
(This post was last modified: 05-16-2009, 08:45 PM by fyre.)
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sarcasticsteve BRB, Posting Posts: 528 Joined: May 2008 |
05-16-2009, 08:44 PM
(05-16-2009, 08:40 PM)fyre link Wrote: This honestly doesn't seem that useful to me. I'd love to be proven wrong though. The fact that it quoted Douglas Adams cements this as amazing. Besides, it isn't really designed to be used like Google, Yahoo, etc. WA is meant more if you have some obscure trivia question, doing research (would be great for comparing things for example) or for help with complicated math. Math Example Some random info about the plane I work on
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at0m Official Con Soccer Mom  Posts: 7,800 Joined: Jun 2008 |
05-17-2009, 12:06 PM
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=wea...l+16,+1984
No extended weather data, boo  http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=April+16,+1984 CREEPY because it extrapolated and gave me US holidays and the daylight in Richmond, VA where I'm browsing it from :O  "If you want to be a Double E, bend over and grab your knees...." "Atom is Sexy!" <-- Donate your own pic to the cause! Victory needs no explanation. Defeat allows none. -Sun Tzu
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2009, 12:11 PM by at0m.)
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sarcasticsteve BRB, Posting Posts: 528 Joined: May 2008 |
05-17-2009, 04:08 PM
Its really not that hard to pinpoint your location if they have your IP Address. I bet if you used a proxy and routed through England, you would get major English holidays etc.
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at0m Official Con Soccer Mom Posts: 7,800 Joined: Jun 2008 |
05-17-2009, 04:15 PM
(05-17-2009, 04:08 PM)Sarcastic Steve link Wrote: Its really not that hard to pinpoint your location if they have your IP Address. I bet if you used a proxy and routed through England, you would get major English holidays etc.I know, but I've rarely seen productive use of a reverse IP lookup like that. The only other ones that come to mind are those stupid browser-aware sigs and sex ads that say "meet single women in richmond!" or whatever. "If you want to be a Double E, bend over and grab your knees...." "Atom is Sexy!" <-- Donate your own pic to the cause! Victory needs no explanation. Defeat allows none. -Sun Tzu |
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sarcasticsteve BRB, Posting Posts: 528 Joined: May 2008 |
05-17-2009, 05:22 PM
They were bound to find a use for reverse lookup eventually...wait...you mean those women who asked for my credit card numbers weren't real?!
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Badgerman of DOOM I Stand in Spitter Goo Posts: 1,943 Joined: Feb 2009 |
05-18-2009, 06:24 PM
The thing won't take my first name as a given name.
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