Friday, October 23, 2009

Assignment 8

1. All english words containing the letters "eue"
queue | queued | queues | cue | due | ecu | emu | hue | rue | sue | Sue | use | Ute | ague | Aube | beau | Beau | blue | Cebu | clue | cube | cued | cues | cure | cute | dude | duel |

2. How much potassium in 4.7 oz of banana?
query: amount of potassium in 4.7 of banana
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: 477 Milligrams

3. How old was Barack Obama on the day you were born?
query: age of barack obama october 8 1989
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: 28 years 2 months 4 days

4. Date and time of the next total solar eclipse in Eugene?
query: next solar eclipse in eugene oregon
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: 11:25 am PDT | Monday, August 21, 2017 (7.833 years from now)

5. What is the minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?
query: minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public
engine: Google
answer: Conflicting minimums-- WA says $100.01 (but does not list the IPO date). Google's best answer seems to imply IPO date of August 19, 2004, initial price $85. Neither has trouble with the stock high of $741.79.

6. Link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
query: UPC 01234567890
engine: Google
answer: http://www.neodynamic.com/barcodes/Images/UpcA04.gif

7. How many vertices does an icosahedron have?
query: number of vertices in an icosahedron
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: 12

8. Distance from Eugene to Tokyo?
query: Distance from Eugene to Tokyo
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: 4886 miles

9. Average Oregon income per capita?
query: Average Oregon income per capita
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: $31,930

10. What is the Morse code for your first name?
query: morse code for Shane
engine: Wolfram Alpha
answer: * * * * * * * * -- -- * *

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