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Re:Things Wolfram Alpha Does Better (And Vastly Different) T... by Retric on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @12:58PM (#617126)
Adding "average" helps it parse the question.

height Empire State Building divided by average height human

= 235

height Empire State Building divided by height human

Fails

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Re:Things Wolfram Alpha Does Better (And Vastly Different) T... by evilneanderthal on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @01:20PM (#617159)
Neat.

a billion light years / average height human * (1/9) furlong / age universe = 1.01 c (speed of light)

Very neat.

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Re:Things Wolfram Alpha Does Better (And Vastly Different) T... by las3rjock on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @01:43PM (#617202)
I was pretty sure I tried every permutation of the words "average," "height," and "human," but I guess I didn't. Bravo.
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