Google’s sense of humour is evident in its many Easter eggs and search tricks, but it pops up elsewhere too. For instance, Google’s online calculator can handle conversions into the never-actually-used-in-the-real-world Potrzebie Unit System, a ludicrous system of weights and measures invented for Mad Magazine. Note: including measurements in Potrzebie units in your next presentation may not guarantee a promotion.
boris
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 4:30 PMBut can Google’s calculator do 55378008 ?
Anon
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 4:54 PMDear Author: Please check your links, all of them are prefixed with http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/google-calculator-can-handle-potrzebies/ and so DO NOT WORK.
What’s with that?
Also, grammatically speaking; “may not guarantee” is not at all correct. It is like saying “50% of the time it works every time”.
#corrections
Angus Kidman
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:39 PMLink error fixed, sorry for that. Don’t agree with you about the grammar!
Oliver Charlton
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 7:22 PMThey’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
Andreas Koepke
Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 8:39 PMYou also have the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference in the calculator.
http://www.google.com/search?q=answer+to+life,+the+universe,+and+everything