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by shagie
1262 days ago
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Falling with Helium - https://what-if.xkcd.com/62/ > While researching this article,[5] I managed to lock up my copy of Mathematica several times on balloon-related differential equations, and subsequently got my IP address banned from Wolfram|Alpha for making too many requests. The ban-appeal form asked me to explain what task I was performing that necessitated so many queries, so this is what I put: ... --- https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWolframAlpha/posts/did-you-... Did you know that we banned xkcd's Randall Munroe's IP address? Whoops! We address that mishap AND his query here: --- A Response to “Falling with Helium” - https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/09/19/a-response-to-falli... > Recently the author of xkcd, Randall Munroe, was asked the question of how long it would be necessary for someone to fall in order to jump out of an airplane, fill a large balloon with helium while falling, and land safely. Randall unfortunately ran into some difficulties with completing his calculation, including getting his IP address banned by Wolfram|Alpha. (No worries: we received his request and have already fixed that.) |
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