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1 posted on 08/13/2003 12:12:14 PM PDT by John Jorsett
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cool!
2 posted on 08/13/2003 12:13:52 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (carpe ductum)
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It knows knots.
3 posted on 08/13/2003 12:16:30 PM PDT by StriperSniper (Make South Korea an island)
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ConvertIt.com has been a great help to me through the years. I am conversion challenged.
5 posted on 08/13/2003 12:20:43 PM PDT by Skooz (Tagline removed by moderator)
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pretty good, thanks for the post
6 posted on 08/13/2003 12:21:23 PM PDT by putupon (Wake up & smell the RINOs)
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Geek ping
8 posted on 08/13/2003 12:22:03 PM PDT by kevkrom (This tag line for rent)
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I love my TI-89. That can do everything Google's calculator can do and more, and it's portable. And it's sexy.
9 posted on 08/13/2003 12:23:33 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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Well thanks for the post. It sure will help in many ways.
13 posted on 08/13/2003 12:26:17 PM PDT by AndrewC
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It doesn't work.

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

14 posted on 08/13/2003 12:31:36 PM PDT by Lazamataz (PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
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1 inches = 2.684 839 46 × 10-18 light years

Cool!

15 posted on 08/13/2003 12:34:02 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
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Somebody tell Lockheed...

;-)
20 posted on 08/13/2003 12:36:07 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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I couldn't get ti to work

kleenex in lewinsky's

No answer

21 posted on 08/13/2003 12:38:41 PM PDT by bert (Don't Panic!)
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Cases warm Schlitz beer per party = 0
22 posted on 08/13/2003 12:39:12 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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Get Babylon... every conversion, plus word definitions at a mouseclick.
25 posted on 08/13/2003 12:42:54 PM PDT by StatesEnemy
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It even knows Smoots!

10 feet = 1.791 044 78 smoots

30 posted on 08/13/2003 12:57:02 PM PDT by Cooter
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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.



31 posted on 08/13/2003 12:57:15 PM PDT by jae471
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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.
32 posted on 08/13/2003 12:57:15 PM PDT by bruin66 (Free Martha!)
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No currency conversion, but still very cool..
I convert LBs to KGs every day.. this is quicker.
35 posted on 08/13/2003 1:01:39 PM PDT by humblegunner
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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.
36 posted on 08/13/2003 1:09:17 PM PDT by Investment Biker
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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
37 posted on 08/13/2003 1:12:21 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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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.
39 posted on 08/13/2003 1:16:18 PM PDT by discostu (the train that won't stop going, no way to slow down)
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