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You can use google to obtain specific conversions between lots of different kinds of units: | You can use google to obtain specific conversions between lots of different kinds of units: | ||
| − | [100 dollars in Euros] | + | [100 dollars in Euros]<br /> |
| − | [175lbs in kilograms] | + | [175lbs in kilograms]<br /> |
| − | [three quarters of a cup in teaspoons] | + | [three quarters of a cup in teaspoons]<br /> |
| − | [MDLVII in decimal] | + | [MDLVII in decimal]<br /> |
| − | [1 year in seconds] | + | [1 year in seconds]<br /> |
You can also use it to find conversion factors: | You can also use it to find conversion factors: | ||
| − | [american dollars per canadian dollar] | + | [american dollars per canadian dollar]<br /> |
| − | [miles per kilometer] | + | [miles per kilometer]<br /> |
[ounces per gallon] (?Why is this broken?) | [ounces per gallon] (?Why is this broken?) | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 7 March 2008
Contents
Google Hacks
URL Hacking - Exploit the file system structure
To understand how to get what you want off the Internet you need to understand how URLs are structured and how this structure relates to the files stored on servers off in the world. Here's an example of a typical URL of a hungry donkey: http://www.shadowridgedonkeys.com/images/index.10.jpg
Queries
Calculator
Google is nice enough to do lots of basic (and advanced) math for you, if you ask it.
Unit Converter
You can use google to obtain specific conversions between lots of different kinds of units:
[100 dollars in Euros]
[175lbs in kilograms]
[three quarters of a cup in teaspoons]
[MDLVII in decimal]
[1 year in seconds]
You can also use it to find conversion factors:
[american dollars per canadian dollar]
[miles per kilometer]
[ounces per gallon] (?Why is this broken?)
Exercise: Grandpa Simpson: "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!" Use the unit converter to figure out how many MPG Grandpa's car gets:__________________
Calculator help page - http://www.googleguide.com/help/calculator.html
Alternate Homepages
Mostly these are useless fun, but somebody took the time to put them together. google l33t google loco google bearshare google gothic ewmew fudd xx-piglatin google easter egg
Locating public web cameras
The default configuration of a some brands of web camera publishes images in such a way that they are indexed by google. By typing in a properly formatted google search you can browse images from these webcams from around the world.
http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:"jpg/image.jpg?r="
This is a good one: http://24.227.51.158/jpg/image.jpg?r=
