1377 computational search engine

Posted on May 19, 2009 by .marius

Most of you [geeks like me] probably know about the new computational search engine Wolfram Alpha which delivers answers based on facts rather than on search strings. [There you go Google, now you have some serious competition!]

They are able to compute quite a few complex answers, delivering correct answers for correct questions.

For example, they are able to tell me the distance from one remote town in Romania to some other remote town in Japan, or in the US with interpreted distances, and travel times by different means of locomotion like this or this. It can tell you how many calories you had for breakfast if you use it like this, or compute a sum together with its limit divergence/convergence, function graph etc. and many many more type of queries are available on their example page.

The funy part was today when I asked it about my birthdate, and I got the results in the image below.

If I only had asked it 40 weeks before… :P

PS: 1377 – 40 = 1337

Pigs flu!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by .marius

They once said in America that a black man would be president when pigs fly. His first 100 days and wham!! Pig’s flu!

Learning foreign languages

Posted on May 6, 2009 by .marius

Today’s lesson: How do you say 12 months in Estonian?

Do we have any estonians around? Can you confirm that?

Clown Joke…

Posted on April 26, 2009 by .marius

So these two very decent canibals were sitting down for dinner, and eating a clown.

A bit of salt here, a dash of pepper there, you get the idea.

At a certain point, one of them says:

- Dude… Does this taste funny to you?!

Definitions

Posted on April 2, 2009 by .marius

A while ago I sw this movie, and I think it’s time I shared it with you.

This is the description rom the author, and you might get some insight from his words and explanations…

You call people by what they accept, not by what they dont.
In this sense the word atheist is redundant.

I accept physical evidence and reasoned logic (PEARL), the core of the scientific method.

It has made our standard of life vastly better.

It has also delivered us incredible destructive power. In a society like this those who act on faith (without evidence) are an increasing hazard to us all.

The power that science delivers us must be wielded responsibly, else there will be noone left to discuss the folly.

Doomsday, end of times Christians like PCS (posterboy for creationist stupidity) lust and desire the end of the world.

Religion such as this in a society such as ours is simply a recipe for disaster.

Star Trek 11

Posted on March 13, 2009 by .marius

Ever since I was a little kid, I can remember following Jean Luc Picard and the team from Star Trek – The Next Generation on TV, and I was always mesmerized by their adventures, I still know by heart the starting words from every episode’s intro sequence, and I always perceived the last words as a challenge: “… To boldly go, where no man has gone before!” After I grew up, I started watching all the series: Deep space 9, Voyager, Enterprise and even the Original Series, but those were a little hard to digest.

On the 8th of May 2009, Star Trek 11 will come to cinemas all over the world, and I can barely wait. I just watched the trailer, and it looks extremely promising to say the least. Watch the trailer, and let me know what you think.