Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Oct 4 10:48:17 CDT 2012
It has been around for a while but it is easy to forget about it but is a great feature...always end up reaching for my phone and its calculator. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 10:34 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Search Feature: Calculations and Conversions Wow! I had no idea. There's a built-in calculator and conversion calculator right in the search bar (of Chrome, at least, but anyway it's the best browser). You can for example enter any of these directly in the search bar: 4 mph in kph 2 tsp in ml 40 acres in hectares 1 bushel in quarts 20 tablespoons in cups 12% of 124 20000 leagues in miles .01 inch in Angstroms 1 imperial gallon in us gallon 1 imperial gallon in li And you don't even have to press Enter, The answer appears instantly! In the last case, I didn't even get the chance to spell "liters" or "litres". Both appeared in the dropdown instantly, along with the answer below that. So I decided to try "1 US dollar to Canadian" and I got no further than "1 US" before the answer appeared. That could be because Google knows where I live (or at least am logged on from) So I decided to push the envelope and enter "1000 1930 dollars to 2012 dollars". This time there was no instant conversion, but there did appear several places to look, which I won't bother listing. Try it yourself if you're interested. This feature wouldn't be complete without an Easter egg. Try this: the number of horns on a unicorn + the loneliest number You don't even have to press Enter! Who knew? -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com