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Wolfram Research Releases Mathematica 7 234

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @01:23PM from the just-installing-it-would-make-me-feel-dumber dept.

mblase writes "Wolfram Research has released the seventh version of Mathematica, and it does a lot more than symbolic algebra. New features range from things as simple as cut-and-paste integration with Microsoft Word's Equation Editor to instant 3D models of mathematical objects to the most expensive clone of Photoshop ever. Full suites of genome, chemical, weather, astronomical, financial, and geodesic data (or support for same) is designed to make Mathematica as invaluable for scientific research as it is for mathematics."

Comment Re:Why not just improve the site? (Score 1) 165

by richj on Saturday September 13, 2008 @05:00PM (#24993267) Attached to: Stuck In Google's Doghouse

And the most likely ads the person would click on would be the ad that matches the search term he just googled for.

It's really hard to feel bad for this guy, he's got a bunch of links (a la Yahoo circa 1995 - really innovative!) and then a system that translates the Google search into his adwords revenue. How's that not a link farm?

Submission + - Is computer science dead?

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vaporland

on Friday March 16, 2007 @11:37PM

vaporland writes: "Some say computer science as a vocation is dying. This article says that the arrival of high-level tools means vastly complex applications for business, science and leisure can be created without the coding, logic or discrete mathematics skills taught at universities.

So, head on down to Staples, buy that big red button that says "It's easy!" and drop off a job application for the warehouse manager position . . ."

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