[AccessD] OT: Wolfram|Alpha

Thanks, Steve.  That is indeed amazing.

JET backend?

Regards
Steve


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From: "Steve Erbach" <erbachs at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:44 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: [AccessD] OT: Wolfram|Alpha

> Dear Group,
>
> I watched the live launch webcast of Wolfram|Alpha tonight from about
> 7:30-10:30 CDT.  It is online now, though the official launch date is
> Monday:
>
> www.wolframalpha.com
>
> One of the first queries I typed in was: "circumference of the milky
> way in cm".  Wolfram|Alpha gave me the answer, whereas a Google search
> just gave me a list of Milky Way web sites.
>
> That's the biggest difference: Google gives you places to look for the
> answer to your question while Wolfram|Alpha gives you the answer plus
> a lot of interesting associated information.  For example, not only
> did I get the circumference of the Milky Way in centimeters, I got the
> time it would take light to travel that distance.
>
> Very, very cool.  I've been typing in queries for about three hours.
> There are things it doesn't quite get; but you can get started by
> looking at the categorized examples.
>
> I found that Wolfram|Alpha will not only solve quadratic equations but
> it will factor them, too.  Algebra was the topic on another email
> discussion and, voilà!  Wolfram|Alpha, she factors ze equations!
>
> Amazing stuff.
>