GoogleGuy
msg:92455 | 7:18 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
There are quite a few fun things hidden in the calculator. Like Roman numerals:
VII * X Plenty of units:
ounces in a cup Nice parsing of English expressions:
fifteenth root of 32768, or seventy four times 28 And some fun stuff that mathematics buffs will love:
planck's constant * 5, or 12!, or speed of light in centimeters/second, or seconds in a day * 7, ... Anyway, something easy to use when you need to know what the sqrt(-1) is. :)
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Chndru
msg:92456 | 7:43 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Very Interesting and useful :)...
wonder how the G aesthetics allowed for big bold fonted "ounces in a cup", when you search for that term
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:92457 | 7:48 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
>ounces in a cup >1 US cup lol. I never knew U.S. cups were bigger than non U.S. cups, I learn something from Google everyday! I suppose people were searching for these things to warrant the tool? //added
so if i write 10 * ten, and it says 100, I wonder if they convert the numbers when parsing the webpages in the same way they are here..
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ciml
msg:92458 | 8:03 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Oh, this is fun. I thought the " G*mass of earth/radius of earth^2 " example would be hard-wired, but you can really play with it. " mass of earth/((4/3) pi radius of earth^3) " works fine, but I can't get a log base other than 10. <added>
Brotherhood, search for ~ten. :-)
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Hawkgirl
msg:92459 | 8:57 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
You guys have finally outgeeked yourselves. :)
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MonkeeSage
msg:92460 | 9:14 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
It does modulus also. 5 mod 2 = 1, 2 mod 2 = 0. :) Jordan
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Bones
msg:92461 | 9:23 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
No "chains" though. :)
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atadams
msg:92462 | 9:23 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
This is way too cool. Just when I was hoping I could start to dislike Google they do something like this and show again that they are "one of us".
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GoogleGuy
msg:92463 | 9:27 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Hawkgirl, we have not yet begun to geek. :) 2 fathoms * the boltzmann constant 100 ohms * 3 amps 100 cubits * 1 quattuordecillionth
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MonkeeSage
msg:92464 | 9:28 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Bones! Ps. D*** it Jim, it's a calculator not a plotting device. ;D Jordan
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IITian
msg:92465 | 9:35 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Tried to find the value of Google by entering it but it couldn't! How much is Google worth? ;)
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:92466 | 9:39 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
>the value of Google im sure when they IPO they'd like a $ at the start, besides the spelling is Googol ;) >~ten ahh, found another example like that, buy and bye. Hey at least the calculator works ;)
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viggen
msg:92467 | 9:49 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
most useful for me is the celsius conversion, having some US friends that use that silly fahrenheit =P
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Timotheos
msg:92468 | 10:03 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Anybody figure out how to do things in binary or hexadecimal?
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Bones
msg:92469 | 10:07 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Try something like: 11010101 in hexadecimal. Great tool btw. Thanks MonkeeSage! :)
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ScottM
msg:92470 | 10:09 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
No factorial? 53647523! I loved those...
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g1smd
msg:92471 | 10:19 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
One thing about certain types of numbers on Google searches. Google does not treat a date as a date. Different results for: 2003-05-07, 2003 May 07, 07/05/2003, May 07 2003, 7th May 2003 and so on. I wonder if ~May = ~05? I wonder if ~7th = ~07 = ~7? Off to play and find out.
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tschild
msg:92472 | 10:26 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Notation for number bases: 10 in hex -> 0xA
10 in binary -> 0b1010
10 in octal -> 0o12
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tschild
msg:92473 | 10:28 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Seems not to work with fractions, though. 0.5 in hex does not yield 0x0.8
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caine
msg:92474 | 10:30 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
I wasn't aware of any fractions in HEX. new to me.
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TheDave
msg:92475 | 10:56 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
I think they've taken it down, I can't see it on that page linked to in the original post. Can anyone tell me the actual url to the calculator (not to the page of features)
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MonkeeSage
msg:92476 | 10:58 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
TheDave: I think that the original page was just an announcement that Google can do calculations now, not a special page. Try just entering in a normal Google query, e.g., 5 + 1 :) Jordan
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caine
msg:92477 | 11:10 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
a google calculator. SERPs are on us:- We will show you how to optimise your site for #1 accross our network!
lol
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TheDave
msg:92478 | 11:17 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Ahh I see! thanks Jordan :)
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Scaramanga
msg:92479 | 11:21 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
This Google calculator thing knows what a Rod is (2.75 Fathoms of course) but hasn't heard of Poles and Perches! It's bang out of order! I'm not going to stand for this - I'm boycotting Google until they rectify this egregious error. Who's with me?
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MonkeeSage
msg:92480 | 11:24 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0) |
LOL! I'm with you, they know what a Cubit is, but not a Span or a Peck...what madness is this! ;) Jordan
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GoogleGuy
msg:92481 | 12:05 am on Aug 13, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Heck, even I haven't heard of poles and perches. I've barely heard of a peck. At least it knows that 1 bushel = 35.239 liters. :) I think it has a few constants (Euler's constant, plank's constant). I wouldn't be surprised if it knew the answer to life, the universe, and everything. :)
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NeverHome
msg:92482 | 12:11 am on Aug 13, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Haha! it does! answer to life, the universe and everything = 42
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Timotheos
msg:92483 | 12:12 am on Aug 13, 2003 (gmt 0) |
So what's next? A currency convertor based on current market values? Maybe too much liability in that one :-)
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