[email protected] wrote:
> snip
> Frank Campbell wrote:
>
>>Just discovered that Google has a calculator function:
>>http://www.google.ca/help/features.html#calculator
>
>
> So does your computer - and it's off-line.
> Dave in Fairfax
but the calc on my PC will not answer the question "furlongs in a mile"
or "square yards in a hectacre"
the google calc will respond to numbers and words, do conversions to
units you haven't used in years. Most PC calcs don't do that.
BRuce
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:51:13 -0700, Dirty Bob wrote:
> Heck, it's better than that. You don't have to go anywhere in particular at
> Google. Just type whatever you want converted into the search field, and it
> comes up with the answer.
One thing I wish it did is currency conversions -- seems to do everything
else....
david
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>> One thing I wish it did is currency conversions -- seems to do everything
>> else....
>>
>
>
> Try using http://www.xe.com/ for that.
>
>
yup that's what I use already, and it's great for it. But I like the
google human-language interface, and now that I know about the calculator
there, I'd love to see the currency conversions at the same place. The
fewer URLs I have to remember, the better for me...
david
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Heck, it's better than that. You don't have to go anywhere in particular at
Google. Just type whatever you want converted into the search field, and it
comes up with the answer.
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"BRuce" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] wrote:
> > snip
> > Frank Campbell wrote:
> >
> >>Just discovered that Google has a calculator function:
> >>http://www.google.ca/help/features.html#calculator
> >
> >
> > So does your computer - and it's off-line.
> > Dave in Fairfax
> but the calc on my PC will not answer the question "furlongs in a mile"
> or "square yards in a hectacre"
>
> the google calc will respond to numbers and words, do conversions to
> units you haven't used in years. Most PC calcs don't do that.
>
> BRuce
>