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The page you linked says that he normally uses Mathematica, and fell back to Wolfram|Alpha for that piece when it started locking up. While researching this ar
by mintplant 12y ago
The page you linked says that he normally uses Mathematica, and fell back to Wolfram|Alpha for that piece when it started locking up.
While researching this article, I managed to lock up my copy of Mathematica several times on balloon-related differential equations, and subsequently got my IP address banned from Wolfram|Alpha for making too many requests.
- AceJohnny2 12y agoThat was an example. If you have to be pedant, then here are his other references to it: https://www.google.com/search?q=wolfram%20site%3Awhat-if.xkcd.com https://www.google.com/search?q=wolfram%20site%3Awhat-if.xkc... Compare with his (currently) 2 references to Mathematica: https://www.google.com/search?q=mathematica+site%3Awhat-if.xkcd.com https://www.google.com/search?q=mathematica+site%3Awhat-if.x...
- lmartel 12y agoMathematica and Wolfram|Alpha are developed by the same company, if you weren't aware.
- logicallee 12y agoOh, suuuuuure, some kind of magic mathematics company run by a reclusive genius who got a Ph.D. from Cal Tech when he was twenty, and/or college dropout and/or megalomanaic bald silicon valley mogul. answer for those following along: all of the above :)