Comments on: ‘To Walpha’ – a new verb for searching? http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292 Because it's more fun than getting there in a straight line. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon McLoone http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-17021 Jon McLoone Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:49:03 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-17021 FYI, www.wolfa.com is a FAKE domain and is not affiliated with Wolfram Research. We do not know for what purpose yet, but I highly recommend that people use the real url http://wolframalpha.com FYI, http://www.wolfa.com is a FAKE domain and is not affiliated with Wolfram Research. We do not know for what purpose yet, but I highly recommend that people use the real url http://wolframalpha.com

]]> By: Micky http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-16559 Micky Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:46:34 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-16559 WolframAlpha (www.Wolfa.com) has launched, thankfully! I was getting tired of typing the long name daily. WolframAlpha (www.Wolfa.com) has launched, thankfully! I was getting tired of typing the long name daily.

]]> By: The First Bunch of Ways to Multiply « 360 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-12231 The First Bunch of Ways to Multiply « 360 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:53:14 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-12231 [...] if you walpha a number, Wolfram Alpha will give it to you in Babylonian symbols.  Here’s  34.  But watch [...] [...] if you walpha a number, Wolfram Alpha will give it to you in Babylonian symbols.  Here’s  34.  But watch [...]

]]> By: Wolfram|Alpha and the shrinking future of the graphing calculator « Casting Out Nines http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-12153 Wolfram|Alpha and the shrinking future of the graphing calculator « Casting Out Nines Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-12153 [...] By now, you’ve probably heard about Wolfram|Alpha, the “computational knowledge engine” that was recently rolled out by the makers of Mathematica. If you haven’t, here’s a good place to start. There is considerable debate among ed-tech people as to exactly what kind of impact Wolfram|Alpha, abbreviated W|A, is going to have in education. For me, W|A is still a little raw and gives back  too many “Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input” responses when given mathematically legitimate (at least they seem so to me) queries. But the potential is there for W|A to be a game-changing technological advance, doing for quantitative information what Google did for text and web-based information back in the 90’s. (W|A is already its own verb.) [...] [...] By now, you’ve probably heard about Wolfram|Alpha, the “computational knowledge engine” that was recently rolled out by the makers of Mathematica. If you haven’t, here’s a good place to start. There is considerable debate among ed-tech people as to exactly what kind of impact Wolfram|Alpha, abbreviated W|A, is going to have in education. For me, W|A is still a little raw and gives back  too many “Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input” responses when given mathematically legitimate (at least they seem so to me) queries. But the potential is there for W|A to be a game-changing technological advance, doing for quantitative information what Google did for text and web-based information back in the 90’s. (W|A is already its own verb.) [...]

]]> By: Mike Croucher http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-11925 Mike Croucher Mon, 18 May 2009 20:45:49 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-11925 Hi Jennifer Good to hear from you. Where is 'here'? :) Hi Jennifer

Good to hear from you. Where is ‘here’? :)

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-11924 Jennifer Mon, 18 May 2009 20:43:36 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-11924 This new word has been a topic of discussion here since I found it on your site. You may have coined a term there ... although it isn't quite as easy to say as "google", "walpha" may indeed catch on as a verb. This new word has been a topic of discussion here since I found it on your site. You may have coined a term there … although it isn’t quite as easy to say as “google”, “walpha” may indeed catch on as a verb.

]]> By: MJC http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-11922 MJC Mon, 18 May 2009 17:25:59 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-11922 P.s. the wolfa alpha is getting noticed in the economics field a little. P.s. the wolfa alpha is getting noticed in the economics field a little.

]]> By: MJC http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292&cpage=1#comment-11921 MJC Mon, 18 May 2009 17:25:19 +0000 http://www.walkingrandomly.com/?p=1292#comment-11921 walpha. Is that like wasscally wabbit? walpha. Is that like wasscally wabbit?

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