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Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Kamikaze on August 24, 2003, 10:44:00 pm

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Stealth on August 24, 2003, 10:49:00 pm

haha.  awesome.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Bobboau on August 24, 2003, 10:51:21 pm

how the..
what the hell...
it only works for that exact phrase, were did you get this from?

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Krackers87 on August 24, 2003, 10:52:37 pm

thats from the hitch hikers guide to the universe. (you have to read the book)

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Kamikaze on August 24, 2003, 10:59:24 pm

Though I'd like to say I discovered it on my own, I found it in a post on Slashdot.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Rictor on August 24, 2003, 11:17:53 pm

can it do that question I wonder?

google=deepthought  :p :p

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: CP5670 on August 24, 2003, 11:21:30 pm

hehe :D

Although it does screw up on things with degenerate answers. "1/1" gives 1, but "1/0" just does a normal search, and "(1/2)!" gives a numerical approximation while "(-1)!" says that the search did not match anything. :D

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 25, 2003, 04:18:03 am

Nuts to your white mice

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 25, 2003, 04:27:50 am

That's the greatest thing I've seen all day.

Mind yuo, I've only been up about 15 minutes.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: ZylonBane on August 25, 2003, 07:18:27 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Krackers87
thats from the hitch hikers guide to the universe. (you have to read the book)

Gosh, no, really?

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 25, 2003, 09:55:08 pm

What the... dude, you put absolutely zero effort in to that one. What the hell happened to you? Back on the VBB you used to be quite witty.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: ZylonBane on August 25, 2003, 11:27:30 pm

Apparently the concept of proportionality is lost on you.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 26, 2003, 12:55:21 pm

That was an equally lame effort

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Tiara on August 26, 2003, 01:09:06 pm

ROFLMAO! Check the "did you mean:" parts

clickity (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=why+is+the+ppe+a+moron)

clickity (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=why+is+bsh+an+ugly+man%3F&btnG=Google+Search)

I love google...

:lol:

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Knight Templar on August 26, 2003, 01:10:17 pm

would have been more entertaining if hey yielded more amusing results T :p

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Black Wolf on August 26, 2003, 01:15:08 pm

Here you go KT

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=where+did+my+tests+go%3F

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 26, 2003, 01:18:11 pm

Heh, follow Blackie's link then look for the Dork Poetry link. It's truly dire :D

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Knight Templar on August 26, 2003, 01:46:44 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Black Wolf
Here you go KT

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=where+did+my+tests+go%3F

[beavis]heh heh testes heh heh [/beavis]

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: ZylonBane on August 26, 2003, 04:59:37 pm

Quote

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
That was an equally lame effort

Proportionality was still in effect. Read that as you will.

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: phreak on August 26, 2003, 07:08:37 pm

here's a lame celebrity jeopardy reference

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=s+words

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Krackers87 on August 26, 2003, 09:01:28 pm

read the first poem (http://garyganu.home.att.net/dorkpoetry.htm)

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 27, 2003, 12:37:58 am

Quote

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Proportionality was still in effect. Read that as you will.

I'm editing this post in an effort to scupper Zylon's reply ;7

[EDIT] I really ought to stay out of the Who's Online thing, so far it's only worked to my undoing :sigh:

Title: For those of you who doubted google's calculating ability
Post by: Gortef on August 28, 2003, 03:25:46 pm

haha apparently people behind Google have read HHGTTG :lol: