Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat May 16 12:08:29 CDT 2009
This looks like it is going to be an excellent research and working tool. It may become the research tool of choice for many a student. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 9:44 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 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. Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI http://www.NeenahPolitics.com http://www.TheTownCrank.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com