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I’ve been playing…

Like practically everyone else in existence with an Internet connection, I’ve been playing with Wolfram Alpha. I for one am not impressed. It didn’t even know to seek proper context for a simple question like “What is the weight of the earth?” Gawd, even computers back in the 50s could do that! Check out the screen shot.

 

What is the weight of the Earth - Wolfram Alpha

In case you aren’ t in on my obscenely obscure joke. Check out the clip below. Watch it to the end, and enjoy my entirely debatable sense of humor.

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  1. May 20, 2009 at 11:12 pm | #1

    Dude, every librarian in the WORLD gets that joke! ;)

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