[OT] Google Math Fun

Neil Roger neil at runrev.com
Wed Jul 10 04:04:14 EDT 2013


On 10/07/2013 07:47, Scott Rossi wrote:
> When working in LiveCode, I often use the message box to do quick
> operations and avoid switching out to another application, say a math
> problem for example.  Tonight I needed to do some quick operations while
> searching the Web and I had just a feeling in my gut that Google had taken
> care of this.  This might be old news to some, but sure enough, I typed
> "1136 divided by 2" into the browser search field, and Google returned a
> javascript calculator pre-filled with the answer.
>
> Nice one, Google.
>
> (I now expect the day will come when Google will return a page containing
> a picture of a large camera lens and will speak to me in a synthesized
> voice:  "I'm sorry, Scott. I'm afraid I can't do that.")
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
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If your on the Mac platform you can also use the spotlight search for 
simple calculations (e.g. 6*3, 1934+443). This has saved me a lot of time :)

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger
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