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Sadly, google's cannot be used to calculate 3D plots, though wolfram's can: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%5E2%2By%5E2 http://www.wolframalpha.com/inpu

by jxcole 15y ago

Sadly, google's cannot be used to calculate 3D plots, though wolfram's can: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%5E2%2By%5E2 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%5E2%2By%5E2

adabsurdo 15y ago
you know you're on hacker news when the most upvoted comment has found something negative to nitpick out of a cool story.
- nkoren 15y ago
  You know you're on hacker news when the most upvoted comment is a link to a bunch of stuff about paraboloids.
  - sjwright 15y ago
    You know you're on hacker news when a repetitious meme gets voted down to oblivion. Oh, wait... Edit: Phew, -2 and dropping. I was worried there for a second.
    - compman775 15y ago
      In summary, this is Hacker News.
    - JeremyBanks 15y ago
      You know you're on Hacker News when meme threads die before they got obnoxiously long... as they should.
- kevinalexbrown 15y ago
  Adding positive comments doesn't usually add as much information. The story itself was a positive comment. Critical discussion is best done not by saying "hey, cool story" - that's what upvoting is for. There are some cases where a non-negative comment is great, like pointing other readers to an interesting piece of related information, but if all it does is confirm what the original submission said, it's less informative.
  - sneak 15y ago
    "It stinks!" http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1437/14373728/a02cce7df4ac68a1_the-critic.jpg http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1437/14373728/a0...
yanw 15y ago
First iteration.
georgefox 15y ago
No polar graphing either: https://www.google.com/search?q=r+%3D+sin%282%CE%B8%29 https://www.google.com/search?q=r+%3D+sin%282%CE%B8%29
jws 15y ago
On the other hand, google doesn't appear to take the extreme copyright stance that Wolfram Alpha does. Read their TOS: http://www.wolframalpha.com/termsofuse.html http://www.wolframalpha.com/termsofuse.html, specifically their Attribution and Licensing section. If you incorporate results from Wolfram Alpha in any work without attribution meeting their standards you will have breached your TOS and they suggest you also will have committed copyright violations and academic plagiarism. If your work is not personal (unshared?) or academic, then they demand you negotiate a license. Google seems happy to let you know sin(x) is wiggly and send you on your way.
- benjoffe 15y ago
  Well they have very different business models, neither company's licensing here seems unreasonable.
JonnieCache 15y ago
Google also can't be used to make noises. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=play+sin%28440+pi+t+%2B+16%281+-+t%29+sin%28711.92+pi+t%29%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=play+sin%28440+pi+t+%2B... (If you don't see the "play sound" link, refresh the page.)
- jasonkostempski 15y ago
  Cool! The first thing I thought of when I looked at the Google one was that it'd be sweet if I could play that as a wave form. Anyway to make it play longer?

by jxcole 15y ago

Sadly, google's cannot be used to calculate 3D plots, though wolfram's can: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%5E2%2By%5E2 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%5E2%2By%5E2

adabsurdo 15y ago

you know you're on hacker news when the most upvoted comment has found something negative to nitpick out of a cool story.

nkoren 15y ago
You know you're on hacker news when the most upvoted comment is a link to a bunch of stuff about paraboloids.
- sjwright 15y ago
  You know you're on hacker news when a repetitious meme gets voted down to oblivion. Oh, wait... Edit: Phew, -2 and dropping. I was worried there for a second.
  - compman775 15y ago
    In summary, this is Hacker News.
  - JeremyBanks 15y ago
    You know you're on Hacker News when meme threads die before they got obnoxiously long... as they should.
kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Adding positive comments doesn't usually add as much information. The story itself was a positive comment. Critical discussion is best done not by saying "hey, cool story" - that's what upvoting is for. There are some cases where a non-negative comment is great, like pointing other readers to an interesting piece of related information, but if all it does is confirm what the original submission said, it's less informative.
- sneak 15y ago
  "It stinks!" http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1437/14373728/a02cce7df4ac68a1_the-critic.jpg http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1437/14373728/a0...

yanw 15y ago

First iteration.

georgefox 15y ago

No polar graphing either: https://www.google.com/search?q=r+%3D+sin%282%CE%B8%29 https://www.google.com/search?q=r+%3D+sin%282%CE%B8%29

jws 15y ago

On the other hand, google doesn't appear to take the extreme copyright stance that Wolfram Alpha does. Read their TOS: http://www.wolframalpha.com/termsofuse.html http://www.wolframalpha.com/termsofuse.html, specifically their Attribution and Licensing section. If you incorporate results from Wolfram Alpha in any work without attribution meeting their standards you will have breached your TOS and they suggest you also will have committed copyright violations and academic plagiarism. If your work is not personal (unshared?) or academic, then they demand you negotiate a license. Google seems happy to let you know sin(x) is wiggly and send you on your way.

benjoffe 15y ago
Well they have very different business models, neither company's licensing here seems unreasonable.

JonnieCache 15y ago

Google also can't be used to make noises. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=play+sin%28440+pi+t+%2B+16%281+-+t%29+sin%28711.92+pi+t%29%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=play+sin%28440+pi+t+%2B... (If you don't see the "play sound" link, refresh the page.)

jasonkostempski 15y ago
Cool! The first thing I thought of when I looked at the Google one was that it'd be sweet if I could play that as a wave form. Anyway to make it play longer?