On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:32:31AM -0600, Spencer Butler wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:37:07PM -0600, Sam MacDonald wrote: > >Speaking of "crapware" I went looking for software to convert > >fractions to decimals yesterday. > >My daughter is starting Algebra this year, I need to correct her > >answers not learn algebra from scratch again, the review is great! > Look no further, google will do all this and more. if you type: "1/4 > in decimal" (no quotes) google will happily give you the correct > answer. It also understands binary, hex, and a slew of others. It > will even add binary/hex for you. use 0b for binary and 0x for hex > representation. > > example > 0xFF in decimal > 0b0110 in hex > 8092 in binary > 0xFF + 0xEE > > Dink around with it, the google calculater is quite fascinating. > Heh. http://www.google.com/search?q=1+lightyear+in+inches -- trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA 36F5 Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list