knight76
Senior Cook
So here I am bored at work again. I am just randomly browsing the internet and started reading about the forbes rich list. Then briefly read about William Gates III. Finally, I looked at the youngest members of the list and found the Google co creators.
Then wiki's Google and found some interesting stuff, for instance:
Did you know the google search box is a calculator. You can type in whatever mathematical problem you want and it will give you the answer.
For example: typing in 100+15 returns the result of 115. Though I am sure it can be used for much more complex calculations.
Also, did you also know that the google search engine can be used for currency conversion. No need to bother finding a specific website to accomplish this, just type in 1 AUD in USD returns a result of 0.9679 (yes, we are happy about that by the way). Also, if you type in currency of Australia, it will give you the currency conversion to USD
But wait, there is more.
If you know the stock exchange abbreviation for any stock just type that into google and get the current quote. Type goog.
Just type in time followed by the city you need to know the time for and it will give you the local time there.
Google can be used as a word dictionary by typing in define (and then the word you want defined) to see the meaning of that word.
It also does weather forecasts, just type in weather (and then a city, state abbreviation eg, weather new york, ny) and it will give you the weather forecast. Or Weather Sydney, Australia
And finally for us foodies. It can convert some measurements. For instance:
Type 500ml in pints to get the conversion.
And will convert celcius to fahrenheit and the other way.
Type 100 celcius in fahrenheit
I just find all this very amazing.
Then wiki's Google and found some interesting stuff, for instance:
Did you know the google search box is a calculator. You can type in whatever mathematical problem you want and it will give you the answer.
For example: typing in 100+15 returns the result of 115. Though I am sure it can be used for much more complex calculations.
Also, did you also know that the google search engine can be used for currency conversion. No need to bother finding a specific website to accomplish this, just type in 1 AUD in USD returns a result of 0.9679 (yes, we are happy about that by the way). Also, if you type in currency of Australia, it will give you the currency conversion to USD
But wait, there is more.
If you know the stock exchange abbreviation for any stock just type that into google and get the current quote. Type goog.
Just type in time followed by the city you need to know the time for and it will give you the local time there.
Google can be used as a word dictionary by typing in define (and then the word you want defined) to see the meaning of that word.
It also does weather forecasts, just type in weather (and then a city, state abbreviation eg, weather new york, ny) and it will give you the weather forecast. Or Weather Sydney, Australia
And finally for us foodies. It can convert some measurements. For instance:
Type 500ml in pints to get the conversion.
And will convert celcius to fahrenheit and the other way.
Type 100 celcius in fahrenheit
I just find all this very amazing.
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