Google calculator. It’s insane!
After glancing at that annoying 118 118 advert, I typed into google, [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=A10&q=speed+of+sound&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound"[/url]. After this I thought, would it put it into a more usable unit, so then I tried [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=GNg&q=speed+of+sound+in+mph&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in mph"[/url]. I then thought "wow that's quite clever. Wonder if I can trick it".
Now, see the results of my curiosity, some of them are just plain rediculous!
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=VOg&q=speed+of+sound+in+inch%2Fsecond&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in inch/second"[/url]
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=440&q=speed+of+sound+in+inches+per+hour&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in inches per hour"[/url]
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=skL&q=speed+of+sound+in+inches+per+day&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in inches per day"[/url]
It seems this was too easy for Google. So now I moved on to more difficult things. See here:
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=ZQg&q=speed+of+sound+in+millimeters+per+year&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in millimeters per year"[/url]
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=NmL&q=speed+of+sound+in+millimeters+per+century&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in millimeters per century"[/url]
[url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=aSg&q=speed+of+sound+in+millimeters+per+millenium&btnG=Search&meta=]"Speed of Sound in millimeters per millenium"[/url]
Now I ask, is there any need for this?? The only useful thing I learned because of this insanity is that The speed of light is around [url=http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=FVg&q=speed+of+light+in+feet+per+nanosecond&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB]1 foot per nanosecond[/url]
A little random
Stephen