MetaFilter posts tagged with Calculator

Beer Calculus -- homebrew recipe calculator

cog_nate — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:26:03 -0800

Beer Calculus is a freely available homebrewing recipe generator, which allows you to easily create, save and share your own beer recipe(s). The calculator includes hundreds of malt, hop and yeast varieties, adjuncts and other ingredients, different mash processes, and fermentation and storage variables, and can toggle between US and metric units. Also, if you associate your recipe with a BJCP-recognized style, the calculator will give you guidance regarding your recipe's adherence to the style's guidelines. Homebrewers, have at it!

The Market for Lemons, or Thieves Discount the Value You(r Identity)

filthy light thief — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:37:22 -0800

Calculate the value of your identity on the black market, based on how you access your financial information, your involvement in social and file-sharing networks, and security software installed. Spoiler: it's less than you imagine, as using the data is riskier than stealing the data, and the thieves market is polluted by liars (you can read more in the 12 page Microsoft research PDF). If you think you've been the victim of identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission and Better Business Bureau have lists of actions to follow. For a broader view of legal responses, wikipedia has details listed per country for a few nations (currently listing information for Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, UK and US). The Consumer Credit Reporting Agency page on Wikipedia is thinner, covering the US, UK, and India.

Calculator calculator calculator calculator calculator

starman — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:54:45 -0800

Scientific calculator. Graphing calculator. Fraction calculator. Unit conversion calculators. Inflation calculator. Fuel cost calculator. WPM calculator. Homework assignment timeline calculator. Stock valuation calculator. Distance calculator. Meteor impact calculator. Currency calculator. BMI calculator. BPM calculator. Birthday trivia calculator. Add or subtract date calculator. Age on other worlds calculator. Anniversary calculator. Cadaver value calculator. Tire size calculator. Mortgage calculator. Calorie calculator. Download time calculator. Bandwidth calculator. Exposure calculator. Depth of field calculator. RGB calculator. Em calculator. Grid calculator. Golden ratio calculator. Murphy's Law calculator. Death by caffeine calculator. How to use Google calculator. (Previously)

Han is leaving the cantina.

40 Watt — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:11:20 -0800

Where are you in the movie? If we started a movie on the day you were born, and stretched it over your lifespan, this is where you’d be in that movie.

Pocket Calculator Show

serazin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:14:53 -0800

Pocket Calculator Show. via: Beware of Blog

Play with a Curta

Dave Faris — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:24:14 -0800

I first learned about them when they featured prominently in a Gibson book (Pattern Recognition). When I looked on eBay, I was stunned at the prices they fetch. Now I can at least play with a virtual Curta mechanical calculator.

HP Calculator Museum

Rafaelloello — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:41:17 -0800

Real nerds use HP calculators with RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) You can read what happened to this endangered species here.

Best of the web you bet!

Brian B. — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:05:02 -0800

Poker hand simulator. Get a feel for the odds before you bet the farm.

A set of useful tools for players of stringed instruments.

signal — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:41:41 -0800

JGuitar, a rather useful tool for those learning the guitar or experimenting with alternate tunings. You can even bookmark a certain tuning.

Buy or Rent

rubin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:21:18 -0800

Should you buy a house, or rent? (caution, flash & NYT) The answer is, of course, it depends. One of the biggest factors is how well the housing market will do after you buy. [previously: 1, 2] [via]

mmm, parabolic.

delmoi — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:22:14 -0800

AJAX graphing calculator with a google-earth style interface.

I'm Still Alive

jragon — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:11:26 -0800

Death By Caffeine I just learned that it would take 155.11 cans of Mountain Dew to kill me, according to this odd little service.

55378008

Speck — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:52:23 -0800

Calculator Haiku

HP-01 calculator watch

Galvatron — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:03:17 -0800

"Time: elusive and immediate...limited yet infinite. Because time is important to you, Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-01, a new dimension in time management and personal computation." Truly, such an important model number could only be bestowed upon the king of all early calculator watches. No less than three batteries were required (two for the LED display alone), and even HP's impressive engineering was unable to save the HP-01 from the curse of bulkiness; it did not sell well at the $650 price point. The HP-01 was discontinued in 1980, as inexpensive LCD calculator watches began flooding the market (don't lie, you know you had one).

Skunkworks At Apple

kika — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:22:12 -0800

The Graphing Calculator Story. Amazing and very amusing article about the conception of a piece of software included with every Macintosh. Made at Apple... by volunteers.
Q: Do you work here? A: No.
Q: You mean you're a contractor? A: Actually, no..
Q: But then who's paying you? A: No one..
Q: How do you live? A: I live simply..
Q: (Incredulously) What are you doing here?!

Fear the Reaper

dhoyt — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:30:20 -0800

How long til you buy the farm? • "The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator© was designed to translate what we have learned from studies of centenarians and other longevity research into a practical and empowering tool for individuals to estimate their longevity potential." Wasn't this on a Futurama episode?

Am I Evil?

JakeEXTREME — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:05:44 -0800

Coincidence or contortion? Ivan Panin deciphered a numeric code in the Bible. Known as Gematria, the 'code' implies the Bible could not have been written without Holy assistance. Panin offered an open challenge for someone to create text using a similar pattern, yet no one was able to create one(nor tried).

However many people doubt the authenticity of the code though. The code is found in the same verses using different translations. It is also claimed that Panin manufactured his own translations to create this mathematical phenomenon.

Whether or not you believe, you can determine how good or evil any text or website is.

what are your bits worth?

specialk420 — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 09:08:28 -0800

How much is your personal information worth?
personal data toolkit [ via newstoday ]

Math is Hard, Lets Go to the Mall

m@ — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:30:00 -0800

Look, up in the sky, it's a search engine, it's a phone book, it's....a calculator? Start/Programs/Accessories/awww screw it, I've got Google. Found this by searching for my phone number (with the parens in the wrong place) because a magazine article told my girlfriend to. By the way, my phone number is -7 662.

here froggy, froggy

serafinapekkala — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:14:27 -0800

The Soulmate Calculator tells you how many men or women you'll have to meet to find your soulmate, based on U.S. census figures and some weird theories. That's a lot of frogs to kiss...(via Salon)

Anita: the world's first electronic desktop calculator

riffola — Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:10:33 -0800

Anita Mk VII the "A New Inspiration To Accounting" OR "A New Inspiration To Arithmetic" was the world's first electronic desktop calculator. Launched in 1961, the Mk VII and Mk VIII were the only commercial calculators available for a period of two years.

Alternate realities

madamjujujive — Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:43:45 -0800

Alternate realities - as we approach a new year, you may want to measure some things differently - your age or your weight, for example. Some calculations may be flattering, others rather alarming. Even "wasting time" apparently can have some value. No matter what your age, there are some calculators that will help ensure longevity.

Budget Orgy Calculator

madamjujujive — Mon, 09 Dec 2002 21:07:02 -0800

Budget Orgy Calculator - tis the season for festivities, but all those galas can be a bit hard on the wallet. This handy party planner helps you to calculate your costs in advance and keeps you from forgetting important details.

swift — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:57:49 -0800

The Cost-of-Living Calculator.

jplummer — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:44:45 -0800

EasyRGB.com, a site I've recently stumbled across (or forgotten who sent me there) includes a color harmonies calculator that I find very intriguing. While it doesn't always produce great results, I find the idea and the execution pretty well nigh excellent; I just wish I could figure out how it does its calculations. They also attempt to match RGB colors to real-world color systems and paint chips, so if you've just got to make your bedroom match your website you'll be relieved to know that Dutch Boy sells a "3-B-5 Hang Ten" that is devilishly close to #006699.