http://www.xyre.org/2008/03/11/weirdness-with-google-calculator/ Ancient writings, current events, and my other whims Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.xyre.org/2008/03/11/weirdness-with-google-calculator/#comment-173 Sam Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:03:25 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/2008/03/11/weirdness-with-google-calculator/#comment-173 Perhaps so, but Google is still crazy, and I don't think it's as simple as a literal translation of 'per' into one operation. Where did those crazy units come from? Where did that huge honkin' integer come from? It parsed the expression correctly as far as parentheses, but it failed at some point after that, and I don't think it was in a dictionary lookup. Perhaps so, but Google is still crazy, and I don’t think it’s as simple as a literal translation of ‘per’ into one operation. Where did those crazy units come from? Where did that huge honkin’ integer come from? It parsed the expression correctly as far as parentheses, but it failed at some point after that, and I don’t think it was in a dictionary lookup.

]]> http://www.xyre.org/2008/03/11/weirdness-with-google-calculator/#comment-172 novalis Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:55:22 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/2008/03/11/weirdness-with-google-calculator/#comment-172 I think Google is not totally crazy here. You're using per to mean both / and *, which clearly isn't going to work. I think Google is not totally crazy here. You’re using per to mean both / and *, which clearly isn’t going to work.

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