Google converts most things directly
http://www.googleguide.com/calculator.html
convert 273.7 kph to mph
273.7 kph = 170.069295 mphconvert 10 carats to ounces
10 carats = 0.0705479239 ouncesAnd the graphical version:
http://www.soople.com/soople_intcalchome.phpAnd typically Google:
How many seconds in a decade?
1 decade = 315 569 260 secondsyoctometers in one vigintillion parsecs?
one vigintillion Parsecs = 3.08568025 × 10103 yoctometersHow many feet in a smoot?
1 smoot = 5.58333333 feetWhat's the answer to life, the universe and everything?
the answer to life, the universe and everything = 42What's the answer to life, the universe and everything multiplied by the speed of light divided by three teaspoons?
(the answer to life, the universe and everything multiplied by the speed of light) divided by (three US teaspoons) = 8.51523874 × 1014 m-2 s-1
And if you need language conversion there is always the dialectizer:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/Senator Barack Obama said:
"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.
The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation's original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations.
Converted to Redneck:
"We th' varmints, in o'der t'fo'm a mo'e puffick union, as enny fool kin plainly see." Two hundred an' twenty one years ago, in a hall thet still stan's acrost th' street, a group of min gathard an', wif these simple wo'ds, launched South Car'lina's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers an' scholars; statesmen an' patriots who had traveled acrost an ocean t'excape tyranny an' persecushun finally made real their declareeshun of independence at a Philade'phia cornvenshun thet lasted through th' sprin' of 1787. Th' docoomnt they prodooced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished, cuss it all t' tarnation. It was stained by this hyar nashun's origeenal sin of slavery, a quesshun thet divided th' colonies an' brought th' convenshun t'a stalemate until th' foun'ers chose t'aller th' slave trade t'continue fo' at least twenty mo'e years, an' t'leave enny final resolushun t'future junerashuns.
Or Cockney:
"We the bloomin' blokes, in order ter form a more perfect union." Two 'undred and twenty one years ago, right, in an 'all that still stands across the bleedin' street, a group of men gathered and, wiv these simple words, right, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy, right? Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots 'oo 'ad traveled across an ocean ter escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted frough the sprin' of 1787. The document they produced were eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It were stained by this nation's original sin of slaright, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention ter a stalemate until the founders chose ter allow the chuffin' slave trade ter continue for at least twenty more years, and ter leave any final resolution ter future generations. Cor blimey guv!
Ok, if you didn't know the answer was 42 before you read it, then you need to read Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAs far as Smoots:
The smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) fraternity prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot (class of 1962), an MIT fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, who in October 1958 was used by his fraternity brothers to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
One smoot is equal to his height (five feet and seven inches ~1.70 m), and the bridge's length was measured to be 364.4 smoots (620.1 m) plus or minus one ear, with the "plus or minus" intended to express uncertainty of measurement.[1] Over the years the "or minus" portion has gone astray in many citations, including the commemorative plaque at the site itself. Smoot repeatedly lay down on the bridge, let his companions mark his new position in chalk or paint, and then got up again. Eventually, he tired from all this exercise and was thereafter carried by the fraternity brothers to each new position. Everyone walking across the bridge today sees painted markings indicating how many smoots there are from where the sidewalk begins on the Boston river bank. The marks are repainted each year by the incoming associate member class (similar to pledge class) of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Markings typically appear every 10 smoots, but additional marks appear at other numbers in between. For example, the 70-smoot mark is omitted in favor of a mark for 69. The 182.2-smoot mark is accompanied by the words "Halfway to Hell" and an arrow pointing towards MIT. Each class also paints a special mark for their graduating year.
The markings have become well-accepted by the public, to the point that during the bridge renovations that occurred in the 1980s, the Cambridge Police department requested that the markings be maintained, since they had become useful for identifying the location of accidents on the bridge.[2] The renovations went one better, by scoring the concrete surface of the sidewalk on the bridge at 5 feet and 7 inch intervals, instead of the conventional six feet.[3]
Google Calculator also incorporates smoots, which it reckons at exactly 67 inches (1.7018 meters).[4] Google also uses the smoot as an optional unit of measurement in their Google Earth software.
And here is the interesting part. Known for a "non standard" unit of measurement:
Oliver Smoot later became Chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)[5] and President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).[6]
