May 162009
The moment I found out Wolfram Alpha is online, I knew I had to ask the computational knowledge engine 2 questions. First one comes from Arthur Clarke’s Fountains of Paradise:
“What was the rainfall in the capital of the world’s smallest national state on the day when the second largest number of home runs was scored in college basketball?”
The questions is related to the main character of the story and the answer sadly for the time being is:
“Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.”
The second query comes from Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and is the standard:
“the meaning of life, the universe, and everything”
at which the engine gives the correct answer : 42 .
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