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    OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made

    WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator

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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    Does the minimize button work? And what if I accidentally push the close window button? Do I have to buy a new one? #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    I somewhat hope this becomes a real product. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of Pasha Pasha
    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    Clever. Very clever.
    thinkgeek.com needs to get in on this. I would buy is for $10. #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    The hell they wont! #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    The Ubuntu calculator comes in any color you want, as long as that color is brown.

    And, like all other Linux calculators, it works 99% as well as the OSX and Windows calculators but you have to make do without a working minus key and instead of a dedicated square root key, you have to kludge it by dividing the number by itself.

    On the upside, it updates your results more often. It also smells like hemp. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of Joe Stoner Joe Stoner
    11/05/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: You forgot to mention how easy it is to update it! Simply go to the source repository, select your build and mirror location, download the source, open a terminal window, type "dot slash configure," (which, by the way is impossibly easy to explain in verbal or typed form), then type make, then type make install. It couldn't be easier! #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Command line calculator FTW. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/05/09

    @joestoner: you're obviously Awesome, but: That, good sir, is a Star-worthy comment. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    But why would you need maximize and minimize buttons on a calculator? #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    @njdevil: Why do you need buttons on the sleeves of a blazer? #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Why do you need a blazer? #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    @njdevil: I don't NEED anything.

    Things NEED me. You should spend 24 hours being Ponies. It'll change your whole worldview. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/05/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: You might need to spend 24 hours NOT being Ponies.

    Blazers are a slippery slope, man.

    Slippery slope. #windowsosxcalculators
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    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    Apple calculator will cost more, but it will have boot camp, so you can run windows calculator on it. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
    11/05/09

    @SewerShark: but since the hardware of the apple calculator is identical, you can hackintosh the windows calculator to run the OS X calculator on it. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of Yeebles Yeebles
    11/05/09

    In reply to OS Calculator Concepts Look Cool, Probably Won't Ever Get Made
    These are really good. Hopefully, I won't get too engrossed and keep hitting the minimise button/yellow button when I need more space on my desk(top).
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/05/09

    @Yeebles: I wonder what happens if you maximize it. #windowsosxcalculators
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    Image of Yeebles Yeebles
    11/05/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!:

    Yeah, I'd also be scared to close it as it may self destruct/disintergrate. Then that would be another £unkown/$unknown down the drain. #windowsosxcalculators
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    10/19/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    OMFG...
    I like WolframAlpha, which puts me in a minority among most people who have never heard of it... but there's no way I'd pay $50 for a mobile version of a website I can access with Safari anyway, that I can think of a use for once every couple of months, but could also be served as well by Google! #wolframalpha
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    10/19/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    I've never had the website give me any data that was at all useful, why would I pay for that? #wolframalpha
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/19/09

    @Adam: You've never bothered to ask it anything that was useful to you then. #wolframalpha
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    Image of Adam Adam
    10/19/09

    @Xeno: Well, I can't remember everything I've asked it, but usually it's easy calculations I just don't feel like figuring out. For example, "what is the mass of 250 u.s. dime coins" is a very simple question to piece apart. But all I get is "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure how to compute an answer from your input." I could ask it "mass of a u.s. dime coin" and multiply it by 250, but isn't the entire point of Wolfram Alpha that I don't need to do that? I've never had it do anything Google couldn't do better. Also, it's much slower. #wolframalpha
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/19/09

    @Adam: Ahh, interesting that that didn't work. I asked it 1 can tuna + 2 slices bread + 1 tsp mayo and gave all the nutritional information of a tuna fish sandwich though. Trending say several stocks works well. Or comparing sports statistics. It's certainly not perfect but can do some great things. #wolframalpha
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    ...I don't think that Wolfram is actually looking to make money through the App Store. You know what's really going on here?

    Blog reader/Twitterererer: "What kind of crazy company would charge $50 for this?? They must really think they're something special. I don't know who Wolfram is, but I'm gonna go the web site and use their fancy service for FREE just to stick it to 'em!"

    No one would be talking if the app were $1.99 (and no one would be buying it since it's not free). We all know that those guys aren't dumb -- and they know that it's the outliers that get the most attention. #wolframalpha
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    10/19/09

    @puhsitch:

    yep - this is their 'balloon boy' so to speak #wolframalpha
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    they have given out access to there API, i give it a week before someone makes one thats not official for free/cheap #wolframalpha
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    Considering it can be easily accessed via the iPhone's Safari browser, this app is just dumb. Sorry Wolfram Alpha team, either remove the mobile version of your site or make the app free (or at least better than the browser search engine and cheaper). Otherwise, you just make yourselves look stupid...which is the opposite of what your search engine promotes. #wolframalpha
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    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    C'mon, there's got to be SOMETHING that this does above the general website...store calculations? Fancy reports? Back massage? #wolframalpha
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/18/09

    In reply to WolframAlpha iPhone App Is a $50 Super Calculator
    It would only be worth it if you didnt have to connect to the internet. Ipod touch would be left out in the cold #wolframalpha
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