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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Procrastination

So I needed to quickly know a value for the Faraday constant, and that led me to a very cool discovery. My method of choice was, of course, a quick Google search for faraday constant. At the top was, first off, my answer, but also a little link saying more about calculator. Looking to blow some time, I follow, and discover another new feature of Google.

Basically, it turns your search into the answer to a math question. But not just silly stuff like 1+1. You can put constants, units, and pretty much anything else you can think of in, and it can figure most of it out. Preposterous calculations such as speed of light in picometers per decade are quite possible. Suffice it to say I spent too much time dabbling at this.

My procrastination only continues as I write this post, but really, I just had to kill 10 minutes before supper was ready...

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are an insane number of extra features in the basic Google search:

http://www.google.ca/intl/en/help/features.html

Currency conversion and weather are also useful.

-Adam F

10:05 a.m.  
Blogger Stephen said...

Hehe, procrastination is how I got through undergrad and it's how I hope to get through here. :P

5:32 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NEEEERRRRRDDDD

-Kirk
http://weblog.robynandkirk.com

12:41 p.m.  

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