WolframAlpha Continues to Amaze Me: A Few Sample Queries You Can Try

The WolframAlpha computational query engine continues to amaze and amuse me. If it could speak answers to queries in the late Majel Roddenberry's voice (voice of the various Enterprise computers), it would really feel like getting a response from a Star Trek computer.

Here's a couple of amusing exercises you can try typing:

- sin(x) cos(y)
You can see a small part of WolframAlpha's response above

- Type in the first names of your family members in the text entry box

- aapl palm
This, among other things, produces a comparison of Apple and Palm's stock price. Take special note of each firm's performance over the past 12 months. It may surprise you.