[AZ-Observing] Re: Cubits.....
- From: SaguaroAstro@xxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:52:17 EDT
Don't think I coulda Slept tonight if I wasn't able to figure Earths
acceleration due to gravity is 7.12772169 × 1010 furlongs per (fortnight
squared).
It was a long day at work
Rick
In a message dated 10/17/2003 14:11:18 US Mountain Standard Time,
jimboc42@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> A very useful use of Google is to type something like the following into
> the seach field:
>
> "1 lightyear in cubits", and you get
>
> 1 light year = 2.06923193 ?? 10^16 cubits, see:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&;
> q=1+light+year+in+cubits&btnG=Google+Search
>
> You can even do cool stuff like
>
> "60 mph in furlongs/fortnight" and get
>
> 161 280 furlongs per fortnight, see:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&;
> q=60+mph+in+furlongs+per+fortnight&btnG=Google+Search
>
> And perhaps the coolest thing:
>
> type "e^(i*pi)" in the search and it'll return -1, see the following URL
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=e%5E%28i+*+pi%29&;
> btnG=Google+Search
>
> Further proof that Google is the coolest website on the planet, IMHO.
>
> JC - Easily Amused.
>
>
Rick Tejera
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
SaguaroAstro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
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