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drunkenfool
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"Wolfram|Alpha (also written WolframAlpha and Wolfram Alpha) is an answer-engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might.[3] It was announced in March 2009 by British businessman Stephen Wolfram, and was released to the public on May 15, 2009.[1]"

I had a quick play last night and found out an interesting fact. The amount of energy needed to heat 3 litres of water by 24 degrees is roughly equivalent to the kinetic energy of a cat at highway speeds

Very useful website


EDIT cos I just realised it does loads more stuff than just scientific data



[Edited on 25-05-2009 by drunkenfool]
drunkenfool
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http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=300kj+in+kcal
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that website is awesome - loads of useful stuff on there.

check out the examples
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It pulls a lot of info verbatim off wikipedia, it's good to play with but it's only useful for a small selection of people.
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im 8559 days old
Jonny P
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im 7351 days old
drunkenfool
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Bugatti veyron's top speed is about the same speed, slightly faster, than the maximum speed of a nerve impulse
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I don't get how to work this, I typed in vauxhall doesn't know what it is thought it was saughall
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
im 8559 days old


what did u type in?
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I'm 7275 days old lol, type in born on the (and then the date) i.e born on the 21st June 1989

 
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