More Google madness...

August 20, 2003 11:11 AM

Google, what is 25 squared times 12? Google continues to expand its roster of cool features. Simply type an equation into your search field or nav bar, and the calculator function does the rest. It will even convert units, like how many teaspoons in a half a cup?
posted by mtstover (26 comments total)

But can Google find the cure to the common double post?
posted by shoepal at 11:13 AM on August 20, 2003

Guess what else it does... (try the top link)
posted by fvw at 11:13 AM on August 20, 2003

Ok, ok, shoot me. Apparantely Google can, but MeFi can't.
I'm done with this.
posted by mtstover at 11:18 AM on August 20, 2003

Oh, and I can't spell, either.

Apparently.
posted by mtstover at 11:19 AM on August 20, 2003

Die!! How dare you sully the Holy Land!!!!

From the dark heart of cyberspace, I stab at thee!

Ceriously though mtstover, don't let the archivists get to you.
posted by insomnyuk at 11:20 AM on August 20, 2003

Apparantely Google can, but MeFi can't.

Metafilter searches by exact phrase. Your search for google calculator doesn't match even your post, but just calculator picks up this one as well as the last.
posted by eddydamascene at 11:34 AM on August 20, 2003

What insomnyuk said.

Also, I have wombat in my livingroom that just burrowed up through the carpet. There's a huge hole in the floorboards!!! Where the hell did that come from? I'm going to try and get control of the animal and call the zoo. Anyone have any advice for catching a wombat? Do they bite?

Stay tuned, more details as they develop.
posted by y6y6y6 at 11:37 AM on August 20, 2003

Wait wait wait... before this gets deleted, how'd you change Google's colours? *That* was pretty cool.
posted by arto at 11:37 AM on August 20, 2003

Y6y6y6: with a bat, of course.
posted by me3dia at 11:42 AM on August 20, 2003

Yeah, mtstover, what was up with the MF colored google results?
posted by BigPicnic at 11:48 AM on August 20, 2003

Okay. I found a big cardboard box and I strengthened it with duct tape. I'm trying to lure the wombat into the box, but it doesn't seem to like cookies or peanut butter. What do these things eat? I don't have any lettuce or celery.

I'd just shoo it out the door, but it's really cute and I don't want it to get run over.

Help!!! Wombat emergancy!!!
posted by y6y6y6 at 11:48 AM on August 20, 2003

There's nothing special about the MetaFilter colored Google results, its something Matt set up a long time ago.
posted by insomnyuk at 11:52 AM on August 20, 2003

Try it yourself.
posted by insomnyuk at 11:53 AM on August 20, 2003

I just noticed the difference between:

Twenty five squared times twelve

and

25^2 * 12

Cool!
posted by slacy at 11:54 AM on August 20, 2003

Is this even interesting enough to be posted twice? I mean, yeah, google is wonderful and all...but it's JUST A CALCULATOR.
posted by katieinshoes at 11:54 AM on August 20, 2003

Oh, and by the way, there's this as well:

XXV ^ II * XII
posted by slacy at 11:57 AM on August 20, 2003

Okay, the wombat is a little nastier than it looks. I tried gently scooting it into the box with my foot and it tore a gash in my leg. Nothing serious, but this is getting silly. It's cute and slow, as long as you don't piss it off, at which point it goes nuts.

I'm tempted to throw a blanket over the thing and toss the whole thing into the box, but I don't want to get my blankets torn up.
posted by y6y6y6 at 12:00 PM on August 20, 2003

it's JUST A CALCULATOR

Yeah, but how many other calculatos can do this?
posted by arco at 12:01 PM on August 20, 2003

And how many other MeFiers can spell "calculator"? Apprently not me.
posted by arco at 12:01 PM on August 20, 2003

Well, you forced me to solve for the answer by multiplying by the speed of light.
posted by mtstover at 12:05 PM on August 20, 2003

physicsoriffic
posted by badstone at 12:05 PM on August 20, 2003

astrorific
posted by badstone at 12:07 PM on August 20, 2003

Still having wombat problems.

It started clawing at the carpet (I guess it wanted to burrow out) and the thing has some very sharp claws. I finally had to wack it to get it to stop. But then it ran into the kitchen and hid in the bottom cupboards. Now I can't get to it at all.

I think it's trying to claw it's way through the wall. Chasing the damn thing into traffic is sounding better all the time.
posted by y6y6y6 at 12:08 PM on August 20, 2003

Nitpick: Google doesn't do equations. "E=mc²" is an equation. "1 imperial pint in litres" is not. However, it can be said to output equations.
posted by gentle at 12:12 PM on August 20, 2003

I just use it to search for plo chops
posted by Outlawyr at 12:13 PM on August 20, 2003

y6^3, have you rethought your stance on gun control yet?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:14 PM on August 20, 2003