WolframAlpha live – Numbers as a Service

I couldn’t wait to try Wolfram’s new creation. Today, it opened up to the public. In no time, I could figure out just how many days I lived and could plot some pesky functions. Really cool. In the next iteration, I hope it will be possible to plug a query to this “computational knowledge engine” (their definition and TM) in the midst of a complex workflow, whether it’s a Map/Reduce one or even a venerable Unix pipe.

So, is this what 1st commander Mr. Spock queries at work …