New google calculator feature

Google Calculator feature ^ | August 13, 2003 | me

[John Jorsett]

I just learned that google has implemented a calculator as part of their feature set. "Big deal," you might say, but one capability that I found very useful is its ability to convert units. Try entering "100 pints in gallons" (don't put quotes around it when entering it), or "5000 kilometers in furlongs". Very cool, at least to me. I can't tell you how often I have to do those pesky "angstroms <--> parsecs" conversions (ok, I jest, but it will do "100 degrees fahrenheit to celsius," which definitely IS useful). It can also do ordinary math, of course, for those occasions when you just want to dash off a quick calculation.

[bert]

I couldn't get ti to work

kleenex in lewinsky's

No answer

[Fester Chugabrew]

Cases warm Schlitz beer per party = 0

[Richard Kimball]

It knows knots.

Yeah, but Knots knows Thelma Lou.

[CollegeRepublican]

I just entered "3 payoffs in Clintons" and it just sits there.

We can always count on you for a good laugh.

[StatesEnemy]

Get Babylon... every conversion, plus word definitions at a mouseclick.

[StriperSniper]

kleenex in lewinsky's

No answer

Try Gap dresses. ;-)

[Lazamataz]

kleenex in lewinsky's

Wrong unit: CIGARS in Lewinsky's.

[usadave]

This is way cool.

It's also way groovy!

[harrowup]

I've been using OnlineConversion.com up to now. I haven't found anything that it couldn't handle.

Are you serious?

If so, please Freepmail me how it converts dog poop into gold bullion. Sanka chew

[Cooter]

It even knows Smoots!

10 feet = 1.791 044 78 smoots

[jae471]

Very Cool:

10 c in leagues per kilosecond
gives
10 * the speed of light = 539 583 258 leagues per kilosecond

130 Calories in keV
gives
130 kilocalories = 3.394 881 98 × 10^21 kiloelectron volts

1 troy ounce in amu
gives
1 troy ounce = 1.873 096 36 × 10^25 atomic mass units

1 pennyweight in carats
gives
1 pennyweight = 7.775 869 2 carats

Pretty Cool. But I did manage to stump it:
1 clove in grams.
The answer should be 3,175.14659 grams but I just got a search. BTW, One clove = 7 pounds = 1/2 stone.

[bruin66]

In my fraternity, we would have the pledges compute the speed of light in furlongs/fortnight, and the capacity of our milk pitcher in cubic parsecs. Yes, we were engineering geeks.

[meadsjn]

I just entered "3 payoffs in Clintons" and it just sits there.

Of course, you fool. You should have entered, "3 fringe bennies in Lewinskys".

[Cooter]

What about

"3 iced teas in Al gore"?

[humblegunner]

No currency conversion, but still very cool..
I convert LBs to KGs every day.. this is quicker.

[Investment Biker]

Who needs a calculator. Here is how to convert celsius to fahrenheit in your head. Take 25 degrees c as an example. First double the number to 50. Now take off 10% to 45. Add 32 and you have 77 degrees f. Very simple done in your head without the use of google.

[Diddle E. Squat]

It didn't work so well for my question:

http://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+wood+could+a+woodchuck+chuck+if+a+woodchuck+could+chuck+wood&btnG=Google+Search

[KarlInOhio]

What is it about furlongs/fortnight? I hadn't seen your message, but it was the first conversion I tried.

[discostu]

Hey that is nifty. Ace Hardware has a great little book they sell at the counter with tons of that kind of data, but of course with that you have to do the math yourself. Consider this nugget of information stored.

[billhilly]

Fu...unny! And Barney is purple.