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OK, so short of actually buying Mathematica itself, this is just about
the best nerd toy ever.
But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
[For the purposes of this argument, doing your school homework for you
is not deemed "useful". ;-) ]
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> But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
"weather in X and Y", where X and Y are cities is pretty cool, might be
useful if you are considering moving or planning a holiday somewhere.
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scott wrote:
>> But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
>
> "weather in X and Y", where X and Y are cities is pretty cool, might be
> useful if you are considering moving or planning a holiday somewhere.
Yeah, that's true.
It does currency conversions too. (Google does this also, but Alpha
gives you a history graph and some other data - useful or not, you decide.)
Also does unit conversions. (Which Google has done for ages.)
Actually, I'll tell you what it does do: Enter a DNS name or an IP
address, and it tells you useful stuff about it. (Other websites try to
charge you money for this priviledge...)
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:57:10 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
Add up calories for a recipe. :-)
Jim
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>> But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
>
> Add up calories for a recipe. :-)
Yes... Easier than it sounds.
- If you ask about "cheese", it defaults to wind weird variety that
nobody has ever heard of. Gotta specify "cheddar" specifically.
- If you ask about "cheddar, toast", it tells you the distance fro
Cheddar, UK to Toast, USA. (WHY do you have a place named Toast?!)
- It seems Alpha doesn't know what "toast" is. But it knows about
"bread", and one of the kinds of bread you can select is "wheat,
toasted". Go figure.
So there we are. Apparently the default serving sizes of cheddar + toast
gives me 33% of my RDA for saturated fat. I wonder what the hell that
default serving size actually equates to, if anything...
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Invisible wrote:
> (WHY do you have a place named Toast?!)
Probably the same reason your side has cities named things like "Bear".
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:04:00 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> But can you actually do anything remotely "useful" with it?
>>
>> Add up calories for a recipe. :-)
>
> Yes... Easier than it sounds.
>
> - If you ask about "cheese", it defaults to wind weird variety that
> nobody has ever heard of. Gotta specify "cheddar" specifically.
For me it says "any type" - what do you get?
> - If you ask about "cheddar, toast", it tells you the distance fro
> Cheddar, UK to Toast, USA. (WHY do you have a place named Toast?!)
Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell". Really.
> - It seems Alpha doesn't know what "toast" is. But it knows about
> "bread", and one of the kinds of bread you can select is "wheat,
> toasted". Go figure.
>
> So there we are. Apparently the default serving sizes of cheddar + toast
> gives me 33% of my RDA for saturated fat. I wonder what the hell that
> default serving size actually equates to, if anything...
:-)
Jim
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On 26 Jun 2009 22:43:43 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>
>Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
<Groan>
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> (WHY do you have a place named Toast?!)
>
> Probably the same reason your side has cities named things like "Bear".
That's news...
...although we do have a country named "Wales".
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
Other way round. :-P
> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell". Really.
I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:43:34 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 26 Jun 2009 22:43:43 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>
>>Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
>
> <Groan>
I knew that'd get someone. :-)
Jim
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:51:15 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
>
> Other way round. :-P
Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>> Really.
>
> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
My guess with regards to the town of Toast is that the first settlers
looked at the space and said "this lovely field is toast - we're building
a town here." ;-)
Jim
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>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire) ;-)
>> Other way round. :-P
>
> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
The truth is far, far weirder than that...
>>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>>> Really.
>> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
>
> My guess with regards to the town of Toast is that the first settlers
> looked at the space and said "this lovely field is toast - we're building
> a town here." ;-)
Well, they *were* American. :-P
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> That's news...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne
Check out the coat of arms.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:03:11 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire)
>>>> ;-)
>>> Other way round. :-P
>>
>> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
>
> The truth is far, far weirder than that...
Oh, I don't doubt that. ;-)
>>>> Or perhaps maybe the same reason we have a place called "Hell".
>>>> Really.
>>> I live about 11 miles from Hellidon...
>>
>> My guess with regards to the town of Toast is that the first settlers
>> looked at the space and said "this lovely field is toast - we're
>> building a town here." ;-)
>
> Well, they *were* American. :-P
Actually, they probably weren't - they were most likely English. ;-P
Toast, NC is in Surrey County, named for the county of Surrey in England,
birthplace of an early governor of North Carolina.
Jim
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>>>>> Same reason you have a place named after a sauce. (Worchestershire)
>>>>> ;-)
>>>> Other way round. :-P
>>> Of course I knew that - they pureed the town to make the sauce. ;-)
>> The truth is far, far weirder than that...
>
> Oh, I don't doubt that. ;-)
In fact, according to Wikipedia (which is never wrong), a pair of
chemists were contracted to attempt to duplicate an Indian curry powder
recipe. Then somebody came up with the idea that maybe you could put
this stuff into solution to make a sauce. So they mixed up a few barrels
of the stuff and... discovered it was so awful that you couldn't
possibly eat it. The barrels lay locked in a cellar, forgotten, for some
years. When next somebody tasted the contents, they discovered that it
had fermented and become really quite pleasent.
And THAT is why a lad's head is full of rubbish. Er, no, wait - and THAT
is how Woctershire Sauce was invented.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Woctershire Sauce
Now it's official: Even native British people don't know how it's
written. ;)
--
- Warp
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