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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Paul T on February 22, 2011, 02:52:43 AM
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Howdy All,
Not sure whether these would be of interest or not, but thought for those who have trouble with the temperature and size conversions....
Temperature conversions...... http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm
Currency conversions..... http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic?user=onlineconversion&lang=en
Length conversions..... http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
I find these three very useful if needed to convert oF to oC, between foreign currencies and from cm to inches etc if I can't work it out in my head. :-\
If this would be better put somewhere else, feel free to move it. I just though a topic that has the various conversion methods in it (and can be added to by people so that as more are needed/better ones are found) they can be included here. 8)
I hope this is useful.
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Paul, that's very thoughtful of you. :)
As to a name, how about
Converter (length, temperature etc.)
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Thanks Maren. I like it!!
Name has been changed. 8)
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Very useful thread.
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In the words of Elvis....
"Thank you. Thank you very muuuuch!"
;D ;)
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There are some very useful widgets available if you Google search 'conversion widgets'.
I have one on my desktop that I have used for at least two years. It converts area, volume, temperature, currency, energy, time, length, weight, speed, pressure and power....all on the same widget. Accuracy has been criticized by some people but hey, unless you're working to the Nth degree, they are OK. (Probably good to 6 decimal places).
If you need more accuracy then you need a scientific calculator and not a unit converter. Horses for courses.
Invaluable.
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[smuggly grins to himself]
You don't need this with an apple Mac, I've got a conversion thingy on my Dashboard doings (I know all this ere techy speak)
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[smuggly grins to himself]
You don't need this with an apple Mac, I've got a conversion thingy on my Dashboard doings (I know all this ere techy speak)
smuggly grins to himself, I use the one supplied in my head,my brain. The others are useful on a bad day
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I use the one supplied in my head,my brain. The others are useful on a bad day
Tony - That's okay for you young bucks. ;)
Nick - Which converter widget are you using? Just downloaded the Pemdas calculator and Velaclock Deluxe widgets last night. The Vela is a trial but pretty cool. 8) Too many widgets, so little time.
johnw
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[smuggly grins to himself]
You don't need this with an apple Mac, I've got a conversion thingy on my Dashboard doings (I know all this ere techy speak)
smuggly grins to himself, I use the one supplied in my head,my brain. The others are useful on a bad day
My brain would bleed Tony! With temperature I just remember 16oC (which is for Celsius not centigrade) is 61oF and 28oC is 82oF and 10oC is 50oF and the others are somewhere in between! 8) Last week we hired a mobile home (from a company called "Just Go") from a nice man in North Shore who worked last year in Tiso's in Stirling (his girlfriend was at "Stirling Uni." at the time). The vehicle was British so worked in miles per hour. Fortunately km were visible on the dial (unlike the digital one on our Renault which was useless on our tours through Europe) but the tachometer was in miles, so distances were needed to be calculated. Luckily we had a satnav and the lovely Serena kept us right. ::)
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As a long time occasional lurker, a more recent forum member (and frequent lurker), I never thought this would be my first post, but...
A most excellent (and miniscule footprint) converter can be downloaded here:
http://www.tm-research.com/products/dmcc/desktop-metric-conversion-calculator.html
The file is only 4KB(!), and so it is the absolute best for anyone using an "ancient" computer or one that is slow, as it computes the quickest. No frills, but an easy interface with twelve different conversions.
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Love the forum and all of you that make it Great!
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Thanks Rick. At 4K that would certainly be an easy download for anyone, and sounds perfect for a lot of people. 8)
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I just type, for example, "2 grams in ounces" in Google and the result is displayed above the usual list of web pages found.
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As a long time occasional lurker, a more recent forum member (and frequent lurker), I never thought this would be my first post, but...
A most excellent (and miniscule footprint) converter can be downloaded here:
http://www.tm-research.com/products/dmcc/desktop-metric-conversion-calculator.html
The file is only 4KB(!), and so it is the absolute best for anyone using an "ancient" computer or one that is slow, as it computes the quickest. No frills, but an easy interface with twelve different conversions.
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Love the forum and all of you that make it Great!
Hey, Rick! Great to hear from you - on any subject.
Winter still fast upon you in Minnesota, I expect?
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I just type, for example, "2 grams in ounces" in Google and the result is displayed above the usual list of web pages found.
It actually works!
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Gerry,
Typing things into google can be very useful. If you ever need to work out how far apart places are just type in something along the lines of "how far is Canberra from Sydney" (obviously you insert the relevent names) into the search area of your web browser, and it will usually come up with a result. I often use these sentence type constructions and find them almost always perfect for finding an answer.
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Hey, Rick! Great to hear from you - on any subject.
Winter still fast upon you in Minnesota, I expect?
And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday. Our NARGS chapter still fondly remembers Ian's visit here years ago. I still regret not being able to get him up to see Betty Ann at Rice Creek Gardens. He lives on in an article I originally wrote for our Minnesota Chapter newsletter:
http://nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-index.php?page=Soil+for+Rock+Gardens+and+Troughs
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Hey, Rick! Great to hear from you - on any subject.
Winter still fast upon you in Minnesota, I expect?
And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday. Our NARGS chapter still fondly remembers Ian's visit here years ago. I still regret not being able to get him up to see Betty Ann at Rice Creek Gardens. He lives on in an article I originally wrote for our Minnesota Chapter newsletter:
http://nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-index.php?page=Soil+for+Rock+Gardens+and+Troughs
Heck, Rick, invite him again... he'd love to return .... :)
We have met so many great Minnesotans at the International conferences,too, though I know one or two have passed away from the "Gang " in 1991, for instance.
I hope there will be a super bunch from your State to meet in Nottingham in April.
And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday.
.... always supposing the Minnesota delegates can dig their way to the airport in time!
Too much snow. :-X
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I was trying to check UK Pounds against Swiis francs, coundn't find £ sterling, are my eyes going?
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For Sterling conversion try GBP, that's the abbreviation the banks use.
http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/Swiss-Francs-to-Pounds-currency-conversion-page.html