Friday, May 8, 2009

[TOOLS] Google calculator

For those who don't know, google has a built in web calculator for you. Just type in a search result as a mathematical expression. For example, "2+2" will return a special page that tells you the answer.

Being the nosy computer scientist that I am, I naturally tested it for its maximum processing ability. For factorials, it caps out at 170!.

Look at the results of 170! here, and 171! here.

It can even do complex expressions, such as
2+2/15%100+987*32

This is useful if you ever find yourself with net access and need to calculate something complicated.

P.S. My tags are getting kind of ridiculous. I feel like I'm making a new one for every post.

1 comment:

  1. Just a couple tidbits.

    It can also do some decent unit conversions(Useful for engineers/scientists) and there are physical constants too.

    If you want the speed of light in ft/hr

    just type in c in "ft/hr" and you get
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=c+in+ft/hr&btnG=Search

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