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07/26/07 21:02
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#142380 - Whatever will they think of next...?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Russ Cooper said:
type "20 miles in km" (without the quotes) into the plain old Google search box and be amazed! Google tries to recognize arithmetic expressions as such, and when it finds one, it evaluates it!

Clever - it even recognised furlongs, cubits, leagues and hands.

It took a while to find one it didn't recognise: chains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(length)

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Google Calculator            01/01/70 00:00      
   Whatever will they think of next...?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Convert.exe            01/01/70 00:00      
         More Google Nerdiness            01/01/70 00:00      
            #3            01/01/70 00:00      
               That's nothing.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Well ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Just saw...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Nerd's favorite number            01/01/70 00:00      
               Upside down            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Google knows all            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sorry Jeff            01/01/70 00:00      
            Back to the Future!            01/01/70 00:00      
         I saw that...            01/01/70 00:00      
         \'stolen\' from \"A hitchikers guide to the universe\"            01/01/70 00:00      
            Try in google maps..            01/01/70 00:00      
            the answer, but what was the question            01/01/70 00:00      
   Welcome back to the command line            01/01/70 00:00      

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