*sigh* having a stupid moment

[Suezoled]

simple math: can't recall: help.

convert 25 miles to meters. easy enough: '

25 miles X 1.6km/miles

40km X 1000/km

answer: 4.0 X 10 to the 4th power

WHY THE HECK AM I GETTING 40 X 10 to the 3RD??????


*sniffle*

Edited to correct math statement as I am verily not with it today

[tedly]

Originally posted by Suezoled
simple math: can't recall: help.

convert 25 miles to meters. easy enough: '

25 miles X 1.6km/miles

40km X 1000/km

answer: 40 X 10 to the 4th power

WHY THE HECK AM I GETTING 40 X 10 to the 3RD??????


*sniffle*

shouldn't that be 4 x 10 e4

40 x 10 e3 ?

[Suezoled]

but the answer bookie says: 4.0 X 10 e4

This is making me doubt my very sanity.... I will take more drugs.

[wollery]

Eh, 4.0X10e4 is the same as 40X10e3. What's your problem?:(

[Suezoled]

thank you wollery.

I said I was having a stupid moment....

actually, it just occured to me it was the same thing just before I looked at wollery's post. So, it was a psychic answering, wollery... thanks!

[Brown]

If you're using a TI calculator, try switching from "ENG" mode to "SCI" mode.

"ENG" mode shows all powers of ten as divisible by three.

[wollery]

Originally posted by Suezoled
thank you wollery.

I said I was having a stupid moment....

actually, it just occured to me it was the same thing just before I looked at wollery's post. So, it was a psychic answering, wollery... thanks! Do I get the million? I have Suezoled as a witness!:D

[ceptimus]

1. Go to Google

2. In the normal 'search' box, type this: 25 miles in meters

3. Google rewards you with "25 miles = 40 233.6 meters"

4. Relax, with a tasty drink.

[roger]

Originally posted by ceptimus
1. Go to Google

2. In the normal 'search' box, type this: 25 miles in meters

3. Google rewards you with "25 miles = 40 233.6 meters"

4. Relax, with a tasty drink. Get OUT. That is too cool. I love goggle.

[Cleopatra]

Talking about stupid moments ceptimus I can't persuade Google's calculator to convert temperatures... what shall I ask for?

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Same basic idea:

20 degrees fahrenheit in centigrade

It's a thing of beauty. Although it can't hack:

10 weeks in microfortnights

~~ Paul

[whitefork]

-40 degrees fahrenheit in celsius =?

freezing point of mercury. coincidence?

[Cleopatra]

Oh I see. I was typing this:

20oC in F.... :rolleyes:

[ceptimus]

Originally posted by Cleopatra
Talking about stupid moments ceptimus I can't persuade Google's calculator to convert temperatures... what shall I ask for? The others have given valid answers, but Google is smart enough to accept a shorthand form. A couple of examples:

28c in f ==> Google says, "28 degrees Celsius = 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit"

-10f in c ==> Google says, "-10 degrees Fahrenheit = -23.3333333 degrees Celsius"

You can use either upper or lower case C and F - Google doesn't care.

:D

Here's a strange one:

foot square inch ==> Google says, "1 foot (square inch) = 196.644768 milliliters"

[slimshady2357]

Originally posted by ceptimus
1. Go to Google

2. In the normal 'search' box, type this: 25 miles in meters

3. Google rewards you with "25 miles = 40 233.6 meters"

4. Relax, with a tasty drink.

Wow! Thanks ceptimus! :)

That is very cool... I love google too :D

I did some miles per hour to kilometres per hour and that worked too!

Adam

[Michael Redman]

1 pound per square fathom = 5,382.34815 Newtons per acre.

This will assist immeasurably in the design and construction of my Ornithopter Steamship.

[Zep]

Originally posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos
Same basic idea:

20 degrees fahrenheit in centigrade

It's a thing of beauty. Although it can't hack:

10 weeks in microfortnights

~~ Paul Hi, fellow VMS-ite!

[jj]

It can't handle

1/2688 miles/hour in furlongs/fortnight

Either.

Or I did it wrong.

[Sindai]

That is just too cool.

...

But is it just me, or is Google starting to get a little too smart? It used to just be able to find webpages. Now it does pictures, files, and calculations. And humor. Tomorrow maybe it will be able to hack into high security servers and return classified documents! And then it will learn how to speak! And then...Google will rule the world! With an iron fist and more HTML at its command than...than...anyone else!

[Loon]

Google Rocks.

Why are you doing math problems, Sue?

[Suezoled]

Originally posted by Loon
Google Rocks.

Why are you doing math problems, Sue?

sufmin' to do while taking lunch break, dear Loon. Verily better than looking at "stars with cellulite" magazine circulating around at work... tsu!

[Loon]

Originally posted by Suezoled


sufmin' to do while taking lunch break, dear Loon. Verily better than looking at "stars with cellulite" magazine circulating around at work... tsu!

True, that. But why not just read the forum?

Or is that what you do when you're actually working?

[Wyvern]

Originally posted by roger
Get OUT. That is too cool. I love goggle.
I like goggles, too. Except when they fog up. :(

[69dodge]

Originally posted by ceptimus
Here's a strange one:

foot square inch ==> Google says, "1 foot (square inch) = 196.644768 milliliters"That makes sense: length times area is volume, and a milliliter is a unit of volume.

[a_unique_person]

Originally posted by Kullervo
-40 degrees fahrenheit in celsius =?

freezing point of mercury. coincidence?

I think I see the hand of god at work in there.

[Jon_in_london]

ALL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE ALMIGHTY, ALL -KNOWING GOOGLE!!

It even knows about complex numbers!

[Suezoled]

Originally posted by Loon


True, that. But why not just read the forum?

Or is that what you do when you're actually working?

well, it's like this:

erm... *blush*

actually, I read JREF in between calls and cases

[Martin]

It knows physical constants, too. Nice.