Google calculates that the speed of light is 1.8026175 × 1012 furlongs per fortnight...
The scary thing is that (tonight at least) it is faster than launching a calculator from the dock...
Posted by DeLong at August 12, 2003 09:00 PM | TrackBack
That is sooo cool.
Posted by: Tom on August 13, 2003 10:11 AMIf you use the Google Toolbar on your browser it should defintely be faster than starting up a windows calc.
Posted by: Trader Mike on August 13, 2003 04:35 PMWhat you have (re-)discovered, essentially, is that a command-line interface is faster for some purposes than a GUI. You are using the Google search form [0] as the line editor for a command line interface. Unix users and rogrammers have been using this "read-eval-print" loop style of interaction for ages.
[0] Or your browser's location bar, if you have either Google toolbar or a browser with built-in Google search.
Posted by: Armature on August 13, 2003 06:54 PM"Google calculates"?!? Pul-eeze. I had that T-shirt 20 years ago.
Posted by: Adam D. Miller on August 13, 2003 07:38 PM