Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Assignment 8, aka Google vs. Wolfram Alpha in a fight to the death!!! Sunday!! Sunday!! Sunday!!!

1. All English words containing the letters "eue": queue, queued, queues
Search Engine:Wolfram Alpha
Search String:-"words containing eue"

2. How much potassium in 4.7 oz of banana?: 477 mg of potassium per 4.7oz serving/Wolfram Alpha"how much potassium 4.7 ounce banana"
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "how much potassium 4.7 ounce banana"

3. How old was Barack Obama on the day you were born? :4 years 10 months 28 days
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "Barack Obama's age on July 2nd 1966"

4. Date and time of the next total solar eclipse in Eugene? :August 21st, 2017
Search Engine: Google
Search String: "next solar eclipse in Eugene Oregon"

5. What is the minimum and maximum price of Google stock since it went public? :Minimum $257.44, Maximum $552.09
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "maximum and minimum value of google stock since IPO"

6. Link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890: Linkage
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "barcode image 0123456789"

7. How many vertices does an icosahedron have? : 20
Search Engine: Google
Search String: "how many vertices does an icosahedron have"

8. Distance from Eugene to Tokyo? :4886 miles
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "distance from eugene oregon to tokyo"

9. Average Oregon income per capita? : $31,930.00
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "average per capita income oregon"

10. What is the Morse code for your first name: Linkage
Search Engine: Wolfram Alpha
Search String: "Richard in morse code"

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