Wolfram|Alpha - whats in it?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Wikipedia and Google are perhaps two of the biggest resources for any students and seekers alike. But there have been times when what we've been looking for was either lost in the millions of search results—the data that we were looking for were either jumbled up or we had to refer to many pages to collect them. But with Wolfram|Alpha—a hybrid of Wikipedia and Google—we now have something that actually answers our queries. They call it the 'computational knowledge engine'—something that answers queries from the 'dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods' rather than the plain old list of web-links like our good old search engines. This means that whatever your question might be, Wolfram|Alpha tries to compute an answer and lay it out for you—be it 'What is the distance between Kathmandu and Beijing' , 'What is the atomic weight of ' or 'Integrate Sin(x)*e^x from 0 to 5'. Voted as the greatest computational innovation of 2009, Wolfram|Alpha is a boon for students as it not only processes natural human language to answer queries but also helps find scientific and socio-economic data in a jiffy. Additionally, one can learn the solution of complex mathematical problems "one step at a time".

It can read natural language
Have you ever wondered why the chicken crossed the road? Ask Wolfram; you will surely get an answer. Wolfram|Alpha even figures out complex filial relations (husband of mother's uncle's daughter) for you with a family tree. Whenever we use our computers, language has been a problem because our computer doesn't speak or think in English and we normally can't speak or think in binary and algorithms. Wolfram|Alpha is breaking that barrier and although the natural language processing they have adopted is not foolproof, it's one of the best there is in the world.

It can help you with math
Want help with your math homework? Wolfram|Alpha is there to rescue. Just enter in the equation you want solved (say, for example, Solve 3(x^2) + x-9=4x), and then click the Show steps link to see how you could solve the problem yourself the next time without help from Wolfram|Alpha. It'll then walk you through all the steps necessary to reach your answer. Wolfram|Alpha also generates graphs and formulas according to your need.



Exercise with Wolfram|Alpha
We all want to look fit. But, in this busy world who has the time for gym, right? Thanks to Wolfram|Alpha, you can now find out how many calories you can burn with the activities that you do regularly. Once you've inputted a specific physical activity, your personal statistics (age, gender, height, weight) and other relevant information (such as distance and time), Wolfram|Alpha will provide you with several statistics regarding your exercise and suggest alternative activities as well (for example: 30-year-old male, 70kg, climbing 3000 steps).

Make it accessible
Wolfram|Alpha can be installed as an extension in almost all of the modern browsers. So, get it! Enjoy its goodness on-demand. Want results on the go? Get it for your mobile then. Wolfram|Alpha app is available for almost all the leading mobile platforms (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Nokia). Installing to your iPhone will cost a meager sum of $2, but if you don't want to pay for that then you can simply go to m.wolframalpha.com from the safari browser in your iPhone. There are other tons of widgets and toolbars available, you can find all these here: http://www.wolframalpha.com/downloads.html.

After you have found the information you were looking for, don't copy and paste the text or save it as a web page. Just scroll down the page and look for "save as PDF" option on the bottom of your result and click it. Wolfram will then generate a PDF version of your result, then click File > Save a Copy to save it. Doing this will save you a lot of time you would have otherwise wasted fixing alignments had you copied the text from the webpage.

Some PTC bux sites that do pays - I've used them

The bux websites have been brought down by numerous scams which many of us have encountered. So I after registering to many PTC bux sites and also getting scammed found some good bux sites that really pays. Here's the list. Ahh if you found this worthwhile then do register through my referral.

http://www.freebirdbux.com/?ref=ruchan01
http://www.memberbux.com/?ref=ruchan01
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http://www.buxreflink.com/?ref=ruchan01
http://www.bninvestmentsbux.com/?ref=ruchan01
http://www.globalinvestmentsbux.com/?ref=ruchan01
http://www.thebuxgroup.com/?ref=ruchan01

The links on the top have similar design, so don't get confused. Actually they are made from same bux host which makes them look alike.
Update:13-02-2011. The top PTCs actually need investment ($6) for the payout. Sorry for the late information.

http://www.incrasebux.com/register.php/ruchan01.html
http://www.aobux.com/?ref=ruchan01
http://www.onbux.com/?rh=b8cd221baee2787de2c730c7a581128e
http://www.neobux.com/?rh=72756368616E3031

And if you want to find out for yourself some good PTC sites then here are some tips:
1. Try to look out for old PTCs as they have more userbase and more likely honest PTC.
2. If some PTC offers high pay per ad (0.02 or heigher) for free members then they are probably scam.
3. If a PTC boasts of paying high amounts to the members then first check its total users(like in above picture) and creation date. New PTC boasting high payments are more likely scam.
4. When looking out for new PTC do Google on them for their payment proofs and user reviews.
5. IMPORTANT: Always read the Terms and Conditions before you register.
These are just some of my thoughts on PTC. If you have any good PTC to recommend do share with us.

Monoface - A fun facemash

http://www.mono-1.com/

I just stumbleupon this funny website; monoface. Quite refreshing as you can alter facial elements on head by clicking on it. The facial elements are of about 15 peoples. You can mix them up to make a completely gruesome faces.

I wasted about an hour on this one, I don't know why. Anyway worth a look guys.

No job if you link to Wikileaks

Wikileaks is now all over the place creating headlines. The wiki site of disclosing classified documents of differnet nations, the headache for most of the powerful countries has been tried to be stopped by hacking and also threatning; issuing arrestwarrant to the creator Julian Assange with charges of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion which he denies.

The hacking didn't stop wikileaks and he is now on hideout, government is now giving threats to civilians who link or comment on the wikileaks of getting ripped off from job. Here is a message issued by columbia.

From: “Office of Career Services” Date: November 30, 2010 15:26:53 ESTTo:

Hi students,

We received a call today from a SIPA alumnus who is working at the State Department. He asked us to pass along the following information to anyone who will be applying for jobs in the federal government, since all would require a background investigation and in some instances a security clearance.

The documents released during the past few months through Wikileaks are still considered classified documents. He recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government.

Regards,
Office of Career Services

I say this is a disgusting act of covering the truth and clear violation of civil rights. "You guys" wanna stop it then shut down the internet. I will eagerly wait for whats next to come and I support you WIKILEAKS.